NGC 5470
Galaxy NGC 5470 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
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 |
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 .