NGC 5063
| Galaxy NGC 5063 |
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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 25.71 s |
| declination | -35 ° 21 ′ 08.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ':) SA (r) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5063 group LGG 340 |
| Redshift | 0.010747 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 3222 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(137 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (42.1 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5063 • PGC 46357 • ESO 382-G036 • MCG -06-29-027 • 2MASX J13182572-3521091 • SGC 131537-3505.4 • GC 3479 • h 3481 • 2MASS J13182562-3521112 • LDCE 949 NED008 • WISEA J132108.61-35 | |
NGC 5063 is a 12.4 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 137 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 5062 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, the "eF, vS, R; near one or two stars ”noted.
NGC 5063 group ( LGG 340 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million ly |
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| NGC 5062 | PGC 46351 | 140 |
| NGC 5063 | PGC 46357 | 137 |
| PGC 45919 | ESO 382-016 | 140 |
| PGC 46320 | ESO 382-034 | 146 |
Web links
- NGC 5063. SIMBAD , accessed May 20, 2015 .
- NGC 5063. DSO Browser, accessed May 20, 2015 .
- Aladin Lite