In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 5258 connects to Arp 240.
It is catalogued under the topic NGC objects.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiP
- Redshift
- z = 0.02291140088089505
- Morphology
- SA
- Coordinates
- RA 204.9903° · Dec 0.8308°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- Right : 13 39 52.3 , Left : 13 39 57.7
- Declination
- Right : +00 ° 50 ′ 22 ″ , Left : +00 ° 49 ′ 51 ″
- Redshift
- Right : 6798 ± 9 km/ s , Left : 6757 ± 1 km/ s
- Distance
- Right : 345.1 Mly , (105.8 Mpc ) , Left : 342.1 Mly , (104.9 Mpc )
- Apparent magnitude v
- 12.9 / 12.9
- Type
- Right : SAB(s)b pec , Left : SA(s)b pec
- Apparent size v
- Right : 1.8′ × 0.9′ Left : 1.7′ × 1.1′
- Notable features
- Interacting galaxies
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 104.9
- Image
- Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 5257 (2008-04-24).jpg
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- catalog code
- SDSS J133957.67+004950.7
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- Commons category
- NGC 5258
- time of discovery or invention
- 1793-05-13
- galaxy morphological type
- 3
- apparent magnitude
- 9.962
- right ascension
- 204.990312
- declination
- 0.8309694
- redshift
- 0.022539
- radial velocity
- 6635
- epoch
- J2000.0
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
The location of Arp 240 (circled in red) Arp 240 is a pair of interacting spiral galaxies located in the constellation Virgo. The two galaxies are listed together as Arp 240 in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. The galaxy on the right is known as NGC 5257, while the galaxy on the left is known as NGC 5258. Both galaxies are distorted by the gravitational interaction, and both are connected by a tidal bridge, as can be seen in images of these galaxies.
Supernova
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 5258” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.