Astronomy:NGC 5555

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NGC 5555
An image of NGC 5555 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension 14h 18m 48.1085s[1]
Declination−19° 08′ 20.104″[1]
Redshift11200 ± 20 km/s[1]
Distance538.83mly
Apparent magnitude (V)15.53
Characteristics
TypeG[1]
Other designations
ESO 579- G 015[1]

NGC 5555 (also known as PGC 51124[2])[3] is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo.[4] Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 11200 ± 20 km/s,[5] which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 165.20 ± 11.57 Mpc (~538.83 million light-years).[6] It was originally discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer, Ormond Stone.[7] NGC 5555 is situated close to the celestial equator and given its visual magnitude of 15.53, NGC 5555 is visible only through long exposure photography.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5009. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. 
  2. ↑ "CDS Portal". http://cdsportal.u-strasbg.fr/?target=NGC%205555. 
  3. ↑ "NGC 5555" (in en). https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1121016. 
  4. ↑ "NGC 5555 - Spiral Galaxy in Virgo | TheSkyLive". https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc5555-object. 
  5. ↑ Mathewson, D. S.; Ford, V. L. (November 1996). "Parameters of 2447 Southern Spiral Galaxies for Use in the Tully-Fisher Relation" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 107: 97. doi:10.1086/192356. ISSN 0067-0049. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ApJS..107...97M/abstract. 
  6. ↑ "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+5555&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. 
  7. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5550 - 5599". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc55a.htm#5555. 

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Coordinates: Sky map 13h 20m 24.9s, −20° 36′ 40″



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