NGC 5037
| Galaxy NGC 5037 |
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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 14 m 59.37 s |
| declination | -16 ° 35 ′ 25.1 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 43 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5044 group |
| Redshift | 0.009893 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 2966 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(128 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (39.1 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5037 • PGC 46078 • MCG -03-34-029 • IRAS 13123-1619 • 2MASX J13145938-1635251 • GC 3461 • H II 510 • h 1565 • LDCE 955 NED022 • NVSS J131459-163522 • WISEA J131459.38-163524.9 | |
NGC 5037 is a 12.2 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 128 million light years from the Milky Way .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5030 , NGC 5035 , NGC 5044 , NGC 5047 .
The object was discovered on December 31, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “F, lE, 1.5 ′ long”.