NGC 5527
Galaxy NGC 5527 |
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NGC 5529 with NGC 5527 (l) & LEDA 50952 (ro) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 14 h 14 m 27.228 s |
declination | + 36 ° 24 ′ 16.20 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sb |
Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Position angle | 160 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.027122 ± 0.000120 |
Radial velocity | 8131 ± 36 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(367 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (112.5 ± 7.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | RJ Mitchell |
Discovery date | April 19, 1855 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5527 • PGC 50868 • CGCG 191-067 • MCG + 06-31-81 • KUG 1412 + 366 • 2MASX J14142717 + 3624159 • GC 3821 • GALEX ASC J141427.28 + 362417.6 • LDCE 1034 NED009 |
NGC 5527 is a 14.4 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is an estimated 367 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5517 , NGC 5529 , NGC 5544 , NGC 5557 .
The object was discovered on April 19, 1882 by RJ Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons . Mitchell's note “working here” has led to several mix-ups with PGC 50868 , PGC 50925 or even NGC 5524 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 5527 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- NGC 5524. SIMBAD , accessed on 12 March 2019 (English).
- NGC 5527. DSO Browser, accessed March 12, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5527. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 12, 2016 (English).
- Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [1]