NGC 5442
| Galaxy NGC 5442 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 14 h 04 m 43.2 s |
| declination | -09 ° 42 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028630 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 8583 ± 22 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(381 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (116.7 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | January 11, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5442 • PGC 50189 • MCG -01-36-006 • IRAS 14020-0928 • 2MASX J14044322-0942490 • VV 691 • GC 5755 • NVSS J140443-094244 | |
NGC 5442 is a 13.7 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 381 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 4361 , IC 4363 , IC 4364 , IC 4368 .
The Type Ia supernovae SN 2001U and SN 2011bz were observed here.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on January 11, 1865 .
Web links
- NGC 5442. SIMBAD , accessed March 6, 2016 .
- NGC 5442. DSO Browser, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5442. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English).