NGC 5470
| Galaxy NGC 5470 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 06 m 31.9 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 01 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003422 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 1026 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(45 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.8 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5470 • UGC 9020 • PGC 50317 • CGCG 046-050 • MCG + 01-36-19 • IRAS 14040 + 0615 • GC 3785 • h 1749 • LDCE 1015 NED006 | |
NGC 5470 is a 13.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo , and 45 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by John Herschel on April 17, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5470. SIMBAD, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- NGC 5470. DSO Browser, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5470. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed March 6, 2016 .