NGC 5919
| Galaxy NGC 5919 |
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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 21 m 36.9 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 43 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2063-S |
| Redshift | 0.046279 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (13,874 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(622 ± 43) · 10 6 ly (190.6 ± 13.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5919 • PGC 54826 • CGCG 094-144 • MCG + 01-39-20 • 2MASX J15213686 + 0743099 • | |
NGC 5919 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E? in the constellation snake . It is an estimated 622 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly. It belongs to a small cluster of faint galaxies, the brightest member of which is neighbor NGC 5920 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on March 30, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5919. SIMBAD, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- NGC 5919. DSO Browser, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5919. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 11, 2016 .