NGC 5563
| Galaxy NGC 5563 |
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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 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 |
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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 .