NGC 5511
| Galaxy NGC 5511 |
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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 13 m 05.4 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 37 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024401 +/- 0.000096 |
| Radial velocity | 7315 +/- 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(327 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.2 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Hough |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5511, 5511B • PGC 50771 • CGCG 074-141 • MCG + 02-36-50 • 2MASX J14130540 + 0837549 • VV 299 • | |
NGC 5511 , also called NGC 5511B , is a 14.5 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation Bear Keeper and about 327 million light years from the Milky Way. Together with the non-NGC object PGC 50778 ( NGC 5511A , with which it is sometimes confused), it forms a gravitationally bound double galaxy. The object was discovered by George Hough on May 10, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5511. SIMBAD, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- NGC 5511. DSO Browser, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5511. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).