NGC 5563

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Galaxy
NGC 5563
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 20 m 13.1 s
declination + 07 ° 03 ′ 20 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 81 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023366 +/- 0.000170  
Radial velocity 7005 +/- 51 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(313 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(95.9 ± 6.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date May 8, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  5563 • PGC  51226 • CGCG  047-011 • GC  5767 • LDCE 1042 NED025

NGC 5563 is a 14.5 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation Virgo and about 313 million light years from the Milky Way.

It was discovered by Albert Marth on May 8, 1864 .

Web links

  • NGC 5563. SIMBAD, accessed March 13, 2016 .
  • NGC 5563. DSO Browser, accessed March 13, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5563. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 13, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5563
  3. Seligman