NGC 5576

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Galaxy
NGC 5576
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 21 m 03.7 s
declination + 03 ° 16 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E3  
Brightness  (visual) 10.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 11.8 mag
Angular expansion 3.80 × 2.7
Position angle 95 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 379  
Redshift 0.005023 +/- 0.000017  
Radial velocity (1506 +/- 5) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(67 ± 5)  ·  10 6  ly
(20.4 ± 1.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 30, 1786
Catalog names
NGC  5576 • UGC  9183 • PGC  51275 • CGCG  047-020 • MCG  + 01-37-007 • 2MASX  J14210369 + 0316157 • GC  3851 • H  I 146 • h  1783 • LDCE 1076 NED009

NGC 5576 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Virgo. It is an estimated 67 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly. The galaxy forms an optical pair with NGC 5574 .
The galaxies NGC 5560 , NGC 5566 , NGC 5569 , NGC 5577 are in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on April 30, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, which she labeled “Two; the preceding [NGC 5574] pB, pL, E, distance 3 ′ or 4 ′ sp-nf. The following [NGC 5576] cB, R, pL ”described.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5576
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5576. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 15, 2016 (English).
  5. Seligman