NGC 5092
| Galaxy NGC 5092 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| 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 51.5 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 00 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023209 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 6958 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(311 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.4 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5092 • UGC 8376 • PGC 46493 • CGCG 130-030 • 131-001 • MCG + 04-31-023 • GC 5733 • GALEX ASC J131951.54 + 225959.9 • NSA 119317 | |
NGC 5092 is a 13.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 311 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 12, 1867 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 5092. SIMBAD , accessed May 27, 2015 .
- NGC 5092. DSO Browser, accessed May 27, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5092. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 27, 2015 (English).