NGC 5512
| Galaxy NGC 5512 |
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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 41.1 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 51 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014597 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 4376 +/- 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(198 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.8 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 3, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5512 • PGC 50749 • CGCG 163-006 • | |
NGC 5512 is a 14.4 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation Bootes and about 198 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Édouard Stephan on May 3, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5512. SIMBAD, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- NGC 5512. DSO Browser, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5512. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).