NGC 5224 (also MCG 1-35-9 and PGC 47884) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 313 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Sl...
NGC 5652 (also NGC 5650, IRAS 14285+0611, MCG 1-37-20, UGC 9334 and PGC 51865) is a magnitude +12.5 spiral galaxy located 344 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum ref...
NGC 5661 (also IRAS 14294+0628, MCG 1-37-23, UGC 9346 and PGC 51921) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 108 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting t...
NGC 5674 (also IRAS 14313+0540, MCG 1-37-31, UGC 9369 and PGC 52042) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 343 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting t...
NGC 5679 (also NGC 5679B, IRAS 14326+0534, MCG 1-37-35, UGC 9383 and PGC 52132) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 613 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. NGC 5679 is the brightest member of the NGC 5679 Group; along with NGC 5679A and NGC 5679C it forms a triple galaxy system....
NGC 5689 (also IRAS 14337+4857, MCG 8-27-4, UGC 9399 and PGC 52154) is a magnitude +11.9 lenticular galaxy located 99 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecti...
Title: The BSS population in NGC 6229 Authors: N. Sanna, E. Dalessandro, B. Lanzoni, F. R. Ferraro, G. Beccari, R. T. Rood We have used a combination of high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 and wide-field ground-based observations in ultraviolet and optical bands to study the blue stragg...
Orbital elements:
2014 JS54 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0234 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC
M 24.86407 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30005451 Peri. 206.44531 +0.15403815 -0.98679534
a 2.2097134 Node 234.73336 +0.91704937 +0.16164840
e 0.9031878 Incl. 3.51599 +0.36782156 +0.01023478
P 3.28 H 21...
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NGC 4805 (also PGC 83663) is a magnitude +11.6 star located in the constellation Coma Berenices. The star was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan using a 30.48 cm (12 inch) refractor at the Paris Observatory on the 11th May 1885. Right Ascension 12h 55m 24.3s, Declination +27° 58'...
NGC 4817 (also PGC 83663) is a magnitude +14.7 compact galaxy located 306 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan using a 30.48 cm (12 inch) refractor at the Paris Observatory on the 11th May 1885. Right As...
NGC 5178 (also MCG 2-34-22, UGC 8478 and PGC 47358) is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 285 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Observato...
NGC 5829 (also Arp 42, HCG 73A, The Spider Galaxy, MCG 4-35-27, UGC 9673 and PGC 53709) is a magnitude +13.4 face-on spiral galaxy located 259 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy is gravitationally interacting with the neighbouring irregular galaxy IC 4526: these tw...
NGC 5842 (also MCG 4-36-3 and PGC 53831) is a magnitude +14.3 face-on compact galaxy located 476 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observatory o...
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