NGC 5537
| Galaxy NGC 5537 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 17 m 37.1 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 03 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb? pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028863 +/- 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 8653 +/- 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(386 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.5 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5537 • PGC 51047 • CGCG 046-082 • MCG + 01-36-32 • IRAS 14151 + 0717 • GC 5761 • | |
NGC 5537 is a 14.3 likes bright spiral radio galaxy from the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo and about 386 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on May 8, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5537. SIMBAD, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- NGC 5537. DSO Browser, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5537. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 13, 2016 (English).