NGC 5811
| Galaxy NGC 5811 |
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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 | 15 h 00 m 26.9 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 37 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBm |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 98 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 392 |
| Redshift | 0.005100 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | (1529 ± 16) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(69 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.1 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5811 • PGC 53597 • CGCG 020-043 • MCG + 00-38-015 • IRAS F14578 + 0149 • GC 5776 • | |
NGC 5811 is a 14.1 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBm in the constellation Virgo . It is estimated to be 69 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on April 12, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5811. SIMBAD, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- NGC 5811. DSO Browser, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5811. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on April 26, 2016 (English).