| NGC 5566 | |
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| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo[1] |
| Right ascension | 14h 20m 19.95s[1][2] |
| Declination | +03° 56′ 00.9″[2] |
| Redshift | 0.004240[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1271 ± 14km/s[1][2] |
| Distance | 66 Mly (20.1 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.1 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBab[4] |
| Apparent size (V) | 4.4′ × 1.5′ |
| Other designations | |
| Arp 286,UGC 9175,PGC 30083[1] | |
NGC 5566 is abarred spiral galaxy in the constellationVirgo, which is approximately 66 million light years away fromEarth. The galaxy is the biggest in the constellation Virgo, stretching nearly 150,000light years in diameter.[5] The galaxy NGC 5566 was discovered on 30 April 1786 by the German-British astronomerWilliam Herschel. It is included inHalton Arp'sAtlas of Peculiar Galaxies. It is a member of theNGC 5566 Group of galaxies, itself one of theVirgo III Groups strung out to the east of theVirgo Supercluster of galaxies.[6]
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