Right ascension 00 07 48.872 Redshift 5111 ± 41 km/s Type E Magnitude 14.33 Apparent magnitude (V) 14.33 | Declination +35° 21′ 44.3″ Distance 212 Mly
Redshift-based Apparent size (V) 1.2′ × 0.7′ Constellation Andromeda | |
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Similar NGC 11, NGC 13, NGC 7, NGC 27, NGC 8 | ||
NGC 5 (also MCG 6-1-13, UGC 62 and PGC 595) is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It has a generic "redshift estimated" distance of 212 million light years from Earth. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using an 80.01 cm (31.5-inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observatory on 21 October 1881.
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