NGC 5496
| Galaxy NGC 5496 |
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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 11 m 37.8 s |
| declination | -01 ° 09 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBcd |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.7 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 172 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 377 |
| Redshift | 0.005140 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (1541 +/- 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (20.7 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Holden |
| Discovery date | April 23, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5496 • UGC 9079 • PGC 50676 • CGCG 018-074 • MCG + 00-36-026 • IRAS 14090-0055 • 2MASX J14113785-0109313 • LDCE 1076 NED003 | |
NGC 5496 is a 12.2 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Virgo and 68 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Edward Singleton Holden on April 23, 1881 .
NGC 5496 group ( LGG 377 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 5496 | PGC 50676 | 68 |
| NGC 5506 | PGC 50782 | 81 |
| NGC 5507 | PGC 50786 | 81 |
| IC 976 | PGC 50479 | 67 |
| PGC 50587 | UGC 9057 | 68 |
Web links
- NGC 5496. SIMBAD, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- NGC 5496. DSO Browser, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5496. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).