NGC 5595
| Galaxy NGC 5595 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 24 m 13.2 s |
| declination | -16 ° 43 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009043 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2711 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(118 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.2 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 14, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5595 • PGC 51445 • MCG -03-37-01 • IRAS 14214-1629 • VV 530 • GC 3864 • H III 121 • h 1792 • | |
NGC 5595 is a 12.0 mag bared spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Libra and about 118 million light years from the Milky Way. It is in gravitational interaction with NGC 5597 and was discovered together with it on May 14, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who marked it with "Two, Np - Sf The following eF, 1 ′ diameter, nearly round. The preceding [NGC 5595] vF, vS, R, distance 5 ′ “described.