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EntityQ1116336· pop 29· linked from 474 articles

barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Bootes

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
LIN
Redshift
z = 0.03102
Morphology
S_AB
Coordinates
RA 212.7385° · Dec 25.4972°
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Key facts

Constellation
Boötes
Right ascension
14h 10m 57.24s
Declination
+25d 29m 50.00s
Heliocentric radial velocity
9,308 km/s
Distance
525 Mly (160.9 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Hickson Compact Group 71
Size
460,000 ly (140.5 kpc ) (estimated)

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5008 (also known as IC 4381) is a massive barred spiral galaxy located in the Boötes constellation.

Details

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 5008” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.