NGC 5555
| Galaxy NGC 5555 |
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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 18 m 48.1 s |
| declination | -19 ° 08 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036515 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (10947 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(486 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (148.9 ± 10.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5555 • PGC 51124 • ESO 579-15 • MCG -03-36-11 • IRAS 14160-1854 • 2MASX J14184808-1908201 • | |
NGC 5555 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is around 486 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 5555 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
