NGC 5530

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Galaxy
NGC 5530
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Image of the galaxy NGC 5530 based on images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
Image of the galaxy NGC 5530 based on images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Constellation wolf
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 18 m 27.1 s
declination -43 ° 23 ′ 19 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (rs) c  
Brightness  (visual) 11.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 11.8 mag
Angular expansion 4.2 ′ × 1.8 ′
Position angle 127 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.003979 ± 0.000007  
Radial velocity 1193 ± 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(47 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(14.5 ± 1.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date April 7, 1837
Catalog names
NGC  5530 • PGC  51106 • ESO  272-003 • MCG  -07-29-13 • IRAS  14152-4309 • SGC  141518-4309.5 • GC  3823 • h  3563 • HIPASS  J1418-43

NGC 5530 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Wolf from Hubble type Sc. . It is an estimated 47 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on April 7, 1837 by John Herschel .

Web links

  • NGC 5530. SIMBAD, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  • NGC 5530. DSO Browser, accessed March 10, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5530
  3. Seligman