NGC 5107
| Galaxy NGC 5107 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 21 m 24.7 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 32 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) d? sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 128 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 334 |
| Redshift | 0.003156 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 946 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(45 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.8 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5107 • UGC 8396 • PGC 46636 • CGCG 217-033, 218-003 • MCG + 07-28-001 • IRAS 13191 + 3847 • KUG 1319 + 387 • Mrk 1346 • GC 3507 • H III 619 • h 1586 • | |
NGC 5107 is a 13.1 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation of the Hounds and about 45 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on March 17, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, S, E nearly in the meridian".