NGC 5525
| Galaxy NGC 5525 |
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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 15 m 39.2 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 16 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018523 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 5553 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(249 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (76.3 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 3, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5525 • UGC 9124 • PGC 50946 • CGCG 103-132 • MCG + 03-36-96 • 2MASX J14153923 + 1416576 • | |
NGC 5525 is a 12.8 may bright lenticular Seyfert galaxy (type 2) from the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Bootes . It is estimated to be 249 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on May 3, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5525. SIMBAD, accessed March 12, 2016 .
- NGC 5525. DSO Browser, accessed March 12, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5525. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 12, 2016 (English).