NGC 5076
| Galaxy NGC 5076 |
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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 19 m 30.4 s |
| declination | -12 ° 44 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) 0 + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009977 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 2991 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(129 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (39.6 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 11, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5076 • PGC 46453 • MCG -02-34-026 • 2MASX J13193039-1244272 • GC 3485 • H III 117 • h 1576, 3489 • spar 514C • LDCE 0955 NED035 | |
NGC 5076 is a 13.1 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 129 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 5077 and NGC 5079 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 514 .
The object was discovered on May 11, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, which "The two most south of three. That in the middle is very faint, very small ”(the other two galaxies mentioned are NGC 5077 and NGC 5079 ). John Herschel described them in an observation in 1835 as “very faint, small, round. The first of a group of 3 nebulae ".