NGC 5551
Galaxy NGC 5551 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 14 h 18 m 54.8 s |
declination | + 05 ° 27 ′ 05 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E? |
Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 111 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.025011 +/- 0.000073 |
Radial velocity | 7498 +/- 22 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(335 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.6 ± 7.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | May 8, 1864 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5551 • PGC 51139 • CGCG 047-003 • MCG + 01-36-37 • IRAS 14164 + 0540 • GC 5764 • LDCE 1042 NED023 |
NGC 5551 is a 14.2 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble type S? in the constellation Virgo and about 335 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on May 8, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5551. SIMBAD, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- NGC 5551. DSO Browser, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5551. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 13, 2016 (English).