NGC 5021
| Galaxy NGC 5021 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 12 m 06.3 s |
| declination | + 46 ° 11 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028310 +/- 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | 8487 +/- 14 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(383 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.3 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5021 • UGC 8284 • PGC 45834 • CGCG 245-030 • MCG + 08-24-084 • IRAS 13099 + 4627 • GC 3451 • h 1557 • LDCE 0948 NED002 | |
NGC 5021 is a 13.4 likes light beams spiral galaxy with active galaxies core from the Hubble type SBb in the constellation of the hounds . It is around 383 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The galaxy NGC 5021 was discovered by John Herschel on April 26, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5021. SIMBAD, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5021. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5021. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 24, 2015 .