NGC 5081
| Galaxy NGC 5081 |
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![NGC 5081 & LEDA 214100 (r) [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5081_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5081 & LEDA 214100 (r) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 19 m 08.2 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 30 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 103 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.022179 ± 0.000004 |
| Radial velocity | 6649 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(298 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.4 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5081 • UGC 8366 • PGC 46427 • CGCG 160-192 • 161-010 • MCG + 05-31-174 • IRAS F13167 + 2846 • GC 5732 • SDSS J131908.23 + 283024.9 • LDCE 0961 NED002 • 2MIG 1846 • KIG 581 | |
NGC 5081 is a 13.6 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBb in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is an estimated 298 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 195,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on April 19, 1865 .
Web links
- NGC 5081. SIMBAD , accessed May 27, 2015 .
- NGC 5081. DSO Browser, accessed May 27, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5081. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 27, 2015 .