NGC 5880

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Galaxy
NGC 5880
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Constellation Libra
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 15 h 15 m 01.1 s
declination -14 ° 34 ′ 45 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E1 / S0-  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 135 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024934 ± 0.000060  
Radial velocity (7475 ± 18) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(333 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(102.0 ± 7.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Leavenworth
Discovery date June 6, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  5880 • PGC  54427 • MCG  -02-39-012 • 2MASX  J15150115-1434437 • LDCE 1108 NED008

NGC 5880 is a 14.3 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 333 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5878 , NGC 5883 , NGC 5892 .

The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on June 6, 1885 .

Web links

  • NGC 5880. SIMBAD , accessed May 9, 2016 .
  • NGC 5880. DSO Browser, accessed May 9, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5880. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 9, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 5880
  3. Seligman