NGC 5030
| Galaxy NGC 5030 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 13 m 54.1 s |
| declination | -16 ° 29 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC-5044 group |
| Redshift | 0.007996 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 2397 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(102 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (31.3 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Holden |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5030 • PGC 45991 • MCG -03-34-023 • 2MASX J13135414-1629274 • LDCE 955 NED019 | |
NGC 5030 is a 12.7 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 102 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5017 , NGC 5031 , NGC 5035 , NGC 5037 .
The object was discovered by Edward Singleton Holden on March 17, 1881 .
Web links
- NGC 5030. SIMBAD, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- NGC 5030. DSO Browser, accessed February 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5030. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 24, 2015 .