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NGC 5566 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Virgo[1] |
Right ascension | 14h 20m 19.95s[2] [1] |
Declination | +03° 56′ 00.9″[2] |
Redshift | 0.004240 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1271 ± 14 km/s [2][1] |
Distance | 65 Mly |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.1 |
Characteristics | |
Apparent size (V) | 4.4′ × 1.5′ |
Other designations | |
PGC 30083[1] |
NGC 5566 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo , which is about 65 million light years away from Earth. The galaxy is the biggest one in the constellation Virgo, stretching 150,000 Light Years in diameter.[3] The galaxy NGC 5566 was discovered on 30 April 1786 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel
External Links
[edit]- GALEX
- NOAO
- Atlas of the Universe, The Virgo III Group
- Spiral Galaxies in Virgo
- Jeff Burons's Astronomie Blog, NGC 5566
- NGC 5566 and company
- SEDS
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Revised NGC Data for NGC 5566". Spider.SEDS. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d "NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/. NASA. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
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- ^ "Arp 286: Trio in Virgo". Stephen Leshin. NASA. Retrieved 29 May 2013.