NGC 5521
| Galaxy NGC 5521 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 15 m 23.7 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 24 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 96 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019287 ± 0.000028 |
| Radial velocity | 5782 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(258 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.0 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5521 • UGC 9122 • PGC 50931 • CGCG 046-077 • MCG + 01-36-30 • IRAS F14129 + 0438 • 2MASX J14152371 + 0424304 • GC 3813 • h 1761 • GALEX ASC J141523.75 + 042432.4 | |
NGC 5521 is a 13.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type "S?" In the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is estimated to be 258 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 10, 1828 by John Herschel .
Web links
- NGC 5521. SIMBAD, accessed March 12, 2016 .
- NGC 5521. DSO Browser, accessed March 12, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5521. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 12, 2016 (English).