NGC 5010
| Galaxy NGC 5010 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 12 m 26.3 s |
| declination | -15 ° 47 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + / pec / sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009924 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 2975 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(128 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (39.2 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 9, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5010 • PGC 45868 • MCG -03-34-015 • IRAS 13097-1531 • 2MASX J13122633-1547526 • GC 3442 • h 1548 • LDCE 0967 NED001 | |
NGC 5010 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo the northern sky , an estimated 128 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered on May 9, 1831 by John Herschel .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews.com: Picture of the day , November 5, 2012