NGC 5014
| Galaxy NGC 5014 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 11 m 31.2 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 16 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5033 group LGG 334 |
| Redshift | 0.003756 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1126 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(53 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.1 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5014 • UGC 8271 • PGC 45787 • CGCG 189-037 • MCG + 06-29-055 • IRAS 13092 + 3632 • KUG 1309 + 365 • 2MASX J13113119 + 3616556 • Mrk 449 • GC 3444 • H II 414 • h 1551 • NVSS J131131 + 361655 • LDCE 867 NED132 | |
NGC 5014 is a 12.7 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 53 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 25,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5002 , NGC 5005 , NGC 5033 , IC 4213 .
The object was discovered on May 1, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “F, S, LE”.