NGC 5062
| Galaxy NGC 5062 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 18 m 23.62 s |
| declination | -35 ° 27 ′ 31.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ / pec / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5063 group LGG 340 |
| Redshift | 0.010954 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 3284 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(140 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (42.9 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5062 • PGC 46351 • ESO 382-035 • MCG -06-29-026 • IRAS 13155-3511 • SGC 131534-3511.7 • GC 3478 • h 3482 • LDCE 949 NED007 • WISEA J131823.63-352731.1 | |
NGC 5062 is a 11.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Centaurus in the southern sky . It is an estimated 140 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 5063 and together with two other galaxies they are considered members of the NGC 5063 group ( LGG 340 ).
The object was discovered on May 1, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "eF, vS, E. (? If really a nebula.)"; and together with the non-NGC object PGC 3094759 ( NGC 5062-2 ), due to the lack of interaction, probably only forms an optical double galaxy.
Web links
- NGC 5062. SIMBAD , accessed May 20, 2015 .
- NGC 5062. DSO Browser, accessed May 20, 2015 .
- Aladin Lite