NGC 5775
| Galaxy NGC 5775 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 53 m 57.6 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 32 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb (f) |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4 ′, 0 × 1 ′, 1 |
| Position angle | 146 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 387 |
| Redshift | 0.005607 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1681 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(76 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.2 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5775 • UGC 9579 • PGC 53247 • CGCG 048-060 • MCG + 01-38-014 • IRAS 14514 + 0344 • 2MASX J14535765 + 0332401 • GC 4004 • H III 554 • h 1885 • KCPG 440b • LDCE 1076 NED032 | |
NGC 5775 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc and is located in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It belongs to the Virgo Galaxy Cluster and is around 76 million light years away from the Milky Way . The galaxies NGC 5774 and IC 1070 are in optical proximity .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on September 20, 1786 .
NGC 5775 group ( LGG 387 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 5775 | PGC 53247 | 76 |
| NGC 5770 | PGC 53201 | 66 |
| NGC 5774 | PGC 52231 | 70 |
| IC 1066 | PGC 53176 | 71 |
| IC 1067 | PGC 53178 | 71 |
Web links
Commons : NGC 5775 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- NOAO
- NGC 5775 Galaxy Group
- astronews.com: Picture of the day May 11, 2011