NGC 5026
| Galaxy NGC 5026 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 14 m 13.6 s |
| declination | -42 ° 57 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (RL) SB (r) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.3 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 52 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 339 |
| Redshift | 0.011838 +/- 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 3549 +/- 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(151 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.3 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5026 • PGC 46023 • ESO 269-73 • MCG -07-27-048 • IRAS 13113-4241 • SGC 131121-4241.8 • GC 3455 • h 3474 • LDCE 0916 NED148 | |
NGC 5026 is an 11.6 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Centaur , about 151 million light years away from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on June 5, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, R, bM, 40 arcseconds". On a second observation he noted "pB, pL, R, gbM, 50 arcseconds"; his third note was "pB, pL, R, gbM, 50 arcseconds, has a star 7th mag 3 degrees Nf distance = 7.5 ′".