NGC 5094
| Galaxy NGC 5094 |
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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 20 m 46.8 s |
| declination | -14 ° 04 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 / SA0- / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021535 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 6456 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(284 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.0 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5094 • PGC 46580 • MCG -02-34-037 • 2MASX J13204685-1404504 • GC 3499 • H III 539 • h 1581 • GALEX ASC J132046.98-140449.6 • LDCE 963 NED005 | |
NGC 5094 is a 13.2 mag bright elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation of Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 284 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5073 , NGC 5105 , IC 4220 , IC 4221 .
The object was discovered on March 27, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, vS".