NGC 5034
| Galaxy NGC 5034 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 12 m 19.1 s |
| declination | + 70 ° 38 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.029007 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | 8696 ± 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(395 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.0 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5034 • UGC 8295 • PGC 45859 • CGCG 336-003 • MCG + 12-13-001 • IRAS 13107 + 7054 • 2MASX J13121901 + 7038576 • GC 3460 • H III 909 • GALEX ASC J131219.04 + 703857.1 • LDCE 936 NED004 • 2MIG 1827 | |
NGC 5034 is a 13.5 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is an estimated 395 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 7, 1793 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, vS, R".