NGC 5476
| Galaxy NGC 5476 |
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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 08 m 08.5 s |
| declination | -06 ° 05 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) dm |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | (8869 ± 17) · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | 2659 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(116 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.7 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5476 • PGC 50429 • MCG -01-36-009 • 2MASX J14080847-0605312 • GC 3786 • H III 287 • h 1751 • LDCE 1026 NED007 | |
NGC 5476 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SD in the constellation Virgo . It is around 116 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 5, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .