NGC 5510

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Galaxy
NGC 5510
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 13 m 37.2 s
declination -17 ° 59 ′ 02 ″
Appearance
Morphological type IB (s) m / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 13.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 40 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.004797 +/- 0.000003  
Radial velocity 1438 +/- 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(61 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(18.6 ± 1.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ormond Stone
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  5510 • PGC  50807 • ESO  579-003 • MCG  -03-36-010 • IRAS  14108-1744 • 2MASX  J14133725-1759006 • SGC  141052-1745.1 • GALEX ASC J141337.21-175901.0 • LEDA 50807

NGC 5510 is a 13.0 likes bright irregular dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type IBm / P in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is estimated to be 61 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter.

The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .

Web links

  • NGC 5510. SIMBAD, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  • NGC 5510. DSO Browser, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5510. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5510
  3. Seligman