NGC 5096
| Galaxy NGC 5096 |
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| NGC 5096 with SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 20 m 08.7 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 05 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 + / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039464 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 11831 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(530 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (162.6 ± 11.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5096 • PGC 46506 • CGCG 189-051 • MCG + 06-29-076 • VV 633 • GC 3501 • H III 650 • h 1584 • | |
NGC 5096 is a 14.0 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky and forms together with the galaxies PGC 3442492 and PGC 4530507 a small group that is both optically and gravitationally bound.
As the brightest part of this group, it was discovered on March 20, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “eF, vS”.