Astronomy:NGC 5223
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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in constellation Canes Venatici
| NGC 5223 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5223 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Right ascension | 13h 34m 25.243s[1] |
| Declination | +34° 41′ 25.53″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.024033[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 7205 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 291.91 ± 76.11 Mly (89.500 ± 23.335 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.4[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[2] |
| Size | 160,000 ly (48,000 pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.5′ × 1.3′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 8553, MGC+06-30-040, PGC 47822[3] | |
NGC 5223 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici.[2] It was discovered on 1 May 1785 by William Herschel.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "NED results for object NGC 5223". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+5223&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NGC 5223". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5223.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5200 - 5249". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc52.htm#5223.
Notes
- ↑ r (SDSS Isophotal) values used.
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