NGC 5054
| Galaxy NGC 5054 |
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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 16 m 58.5 s |
| declination | -16 ° 38 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc; BrClG |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.1 ′ × 2.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005811 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (1742 +/- 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(73 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.3 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5054 • UGCA 344 • PGC 46247 • MCG -03-34-039 • IRAS 13142-1622 • GC 3473 • H II 513 • h 1568 • LDCE 0955 NED028 | |
NGC 5054 is a 10.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation of Virgo , which is about 73 million light-years from the Milky Way's center.
It was discovered on December 31, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, pL, iF, mbM".