NGC 5534
| Galaxy NGC 5534 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 17 m 40.2 s |
| declination | -07 ° 25 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (s) ab pec / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 139 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008748 +/- 0.000021 |
| Radial velocity | 2623 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(115 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (35.3 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | April 29, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5534, 5534A • PGC 51055 • MCG -01-36-14, -01-36-14a • IRAS 14150-0711 • Mrk 1379, 1379A • VV 615 • | |
NGC 5534 , also NGC 5534A called, is a 12.3 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Virgo and about 115 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
Together with the non-NGC object PGC 51057, it forms an interacting double galaxy and was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on April 29, 1881 .
Web links
- NGC 5534. SIMBAD, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- NGC 5534. DSO Browser, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5534. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 13, 2016 (English).