NGC 5064
| Galaxy NGC 5064 |
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| High-resolution image of the spiral galaxy NGC 5064 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 18 m 59.9 s |
| declination | -47 ° 54 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ':) SA (s) from / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 38 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 342 |
| Redshift | 0.009940 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2980 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(126 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.5 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 3, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5064 • PGC 46409 • ESO 220-2 • IRAS 13160-4738 • SGC 131602-4738.9 • GC 3480 • h 3483 • AM 1316-473 • LDCE 0916 NED153 | |
NGC 5064 is an 11.8 mag bright spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaur , located approximately 126 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on March 3, 1837 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which read “pretty bright, small, round, pretty suddenly little brighter in the middle; 25 arcseconds ”.