NGC 5569
| Galaxy NGC 5569 |
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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 32.1 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 59 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) cd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 5566 Group , Virgo III Group , LGG 379, Virgo Supercluster |
| Redshift | 0.005939 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (1780 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(79 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.2 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| diameter | 35,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | George Stoney |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1849 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5569 • UGC 9176 • PGC 51241 • CGCG 047-013 • MCG + 01-37-003 • 2MASX J14203215 + 0358594 • Arp 286 • GC 3848 • Holm 630C | |
NGC 5569 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SAB (rs) cs? in the constellation Virgo in the north star sky . It is around 79 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 light years .
The galaxies NGC 5560 (above), NGC 5566 (in the middle) and NGC 5569 (below) captured by Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Together with the galaxies NGC 5560 and NGC 5566 , it forms an interactive trio known under the name Arp 286 . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy pair belongs to the class double galaxies with inflow and attraction .
The galaxy was discovered on April 26, 1849 by Irish astronomer George Johnstone Stoney .
Web links
- Atlas of the Universe, The Virgo III Group
- Spiral Galaxies in Virgo
- NGC 5566 and company
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]
- ARP ATLAS OF PECULIAR GALAXIES
- Seligman Arp
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7