NGC 5911
| Galaxy NGC 5911 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 20 m 18.2 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 31 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036906 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (11,064 ± 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(495 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (151.9 ± 10.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 5, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5911 • PGC 54731 • CGCG 049-133 • MCG + 01-39-019 • 2MASX J15201821 + 0331062 • USGC U698 NED04 | |
NGC 5911 is a 14.0 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type "S0-a" in the constellation Snake north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 495 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on June 5, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5911. SIMBAD, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- NGC 5911. DSO Browser, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5911. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 11, 2016 .