NGC 5104
| Galaxy NGC 5104 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 21 m 23.1 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 20 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: / LIRG / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018606 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5578 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(247 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.6 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5104 • UGC 8391 • PGC 46633 • CGCG 016-057 • MCG + 00-34-031 • IRAS 13188 + 0036 • 2MASX J13212311 + 0020333 • GC 5735 • | |
NGC 5104 is a 13.6 mag bright spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 247 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 12, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5104. SIMBAD, accessed June 16, 2015 .
- NGC 5104. DSO Browser, accessed June 16, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5104. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 16, 2015 .