NGC 5508
| Galaxy NGC 5508 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 12 m 29.0 s |
| declination | + 24 ° 38 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038060 +/- 0.000171 |
| Radial velocity | 11,410 +/- 51 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(512 ± 36) x 10 6 ly (156.9 ± 11.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | April 20, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5508 • UGC 9094 • PGC 50741 • CGCG 133-009 • MCG + 04-34-002 • 2MASX J14122906 + 2438082 • 2MASS J14122903 + 2438079 | |
NGC 5508 is a 13.8 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 512 million light years from the Milky Way and about 165,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 20, 1882 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5508. SIMBAD, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- NGC 5508. DSO Browser, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5508. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).