NGC 5048
Galaxy NGC 5048 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Water snake |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 16 m 08.4 s |
declination | -28 ° 24 ′ 38 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA0- |
Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 48 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.014560 +/- 0.000050 |
Radial velocity | 4365 +/- 15 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(189 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.9 ± 4.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5048 • PGC 46179 • ESO 443-G087 • MCG -05-31-041 • SGC 131323-2808.8 • GC 3467 • h 3478 • LDCE 0996 NED001 |
NGC 5048 is a 12.7 likes bright galaxy from the Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation of Hydra and approximately 189 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on March 30, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflecting telescope, which "pretty faint, round; has another nebula Nf, difference in RA = approx. 20 seconds, difference in PD = approx. 5 ′ “noted. The second galaxy named is NGC 5051 .