NGC 5082
| Galaxy NGC 5082 |
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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 20 m 39.9 s |
| declination | -43 ° 42 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 31 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 348 |
| Redshift | 0.012996 ± 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | 3896 ± 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(167 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.1 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5082 • PGC 46566 • ESO 269-89 • MCG -07-27-053 • SGC 131745-4326.4 • GC 3490 • h 3485 • LDCE 0916 NED158 | |
NGC 5082 is a 12.8 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type SB0 in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 167 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The supernova SN 1958F was observed here.
The object was discovered on June 3, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which "very faint, round; 20 arcseconds. The first of a group of four "noted. The other galaxies in this group are NGC 5086 , NGC 5090, and NGC 5091 .