NGC 5014
Galaxy NGC 5014 |
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SDSS | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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 |
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”.