NGC 5468
| Galaxy NGC 5468 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 06 m 34.9 s |
| declination | -05 ° 27 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 2.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 374 |
| Redshift | 0.009480 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2842 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(125 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.3 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5468 • UGCA 384 • PGC 50323 • MCG -01-36-007 • IRAS 14039-0512 • 2MASX J14063487-0527113 • GC 3777 • H III 286 • h 1745 • HIPASS J1406-05 • LDCE 1026 NED005 | |
NGC 5468 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SAB (rs) cd in the constellation Virgo. It is estimated to be 125 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 5, 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7-inch mirror telescope.
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