NGC 5517
| Galaxy NGC 5517 |
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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 51.2 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 42 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027903 +/- 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 8365 +/- 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(377 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.6 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | April 20, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5517 • UGC 9100 • PGC 50758 • CGCG 191-063 • MCG + 06-31-79 • KUG 1410 + 359B • LDCE 1034 NED008 | |
NGC 5517 is a 13.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Bootes and about 377 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on April 20, 1882 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5517. SIMBAD, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- NGC 5517. DSO Browser, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5517. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).