NGC 5420
| Galaxy NGC 5420 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 03 m 59.9 s |
| declination | -14 ° 37 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016298 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4886 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(215 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (65.9 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5420 • PGC 50121 • MCG -02-36-06 • IRAS 14012-1422 • | |
NGC 5420 is a 13.1 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo . It is an estimated 215 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on June 6, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5420. SIMBAD, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- NGC 5420. DSO Browser, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5420. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 1, 2016 (English).