NGC 5051
| Galaxy NGC 5051 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 16 m 20.1 s |
| declination | -28 ° 17 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) b / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014800 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4437 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(192 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.9 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5051 • PGC 46194 • ESO 444-1 • MCG -05-31-042 • IRAS 13135-2801 • SGC 131335-2801.3 • GC 3470 • h 3479 • LDCE 0996 NED002 | |
NGC 5051 is a 13.2 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type SBBC in the constellation of Hydra , which is about 192 million light-years from the Milky Way's center.
It was discovered on March 30, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflecting telescope, who only noted "The following of two". The second galaxy mentioned is NGC 5048 .