PGC 55516
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 55516 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 32 m 48.179 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 15 ′ 55.96 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026021 ± 0.000042 |
| Radial velocity | 7801 ± 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(350 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (107.4 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| PGC 55516 • CGCG 050-032 • MCG + 01-40-006a • 2MASX J15351711 + 0505583 • 2MASS J15351703 + 0506003 • SDSS J153517.08 + 050559.9 • WISEA J153517.08 + 050559.5 • NSA 166295 | |
LEDA / PGC 55516 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBc in the constellation Serpens north of the ecliptic , which is an estimated 350 million light-years away from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 5955 , it forms an optical pair of galaxies.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 5952 .