NGC 5029
| Galaxy NGC 5029 |
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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 37.6 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 03 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E4 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029177 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 8747 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(394 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (120.9 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5029 • UGC 8293 • PGC 45880 • CGCG 245-032 • MCG + 08-24-087 • GC 3457 • h 1562 • LDCE 0948 NED003 | |
NGC 5029 is a 13.1 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E4 in the constellation of the hunting dogs and about 394 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 13, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5029. SIMBAD, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5029. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5029. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 24, 2015 .