NGC 5501
| Galaxy NGC 5501 |
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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 12 m 20.2 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 16 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (r) 0+? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 67 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025242 +/- 0.000088 |
| Radial velocity | 7567 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(337 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (103.3 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5501 • PGC 50724 • CGCG 018-078 • MCG + 00-36-27 • 2MASX J14122017 + 0116206 • GC 3805 • h 1756 • LDCE 1040 NED003 | |
NGC 5501 is a 13.9 likes bright lenticular low-surface-brightness galaxy from the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Virgo . It is estimated to be 337 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 13, 1828 .
Web links
- NGC 5501. SIMBAD, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- NGC 5501. DSO Browser, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5501. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).