NGC 5112
| Galaxy NGC 5112 |
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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 56.4 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 44 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4 ′ × 2.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 334 |
| Redshift | 0.003252 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 975 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(46 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.2 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5112 • UGC 8403 • PGC 46671 • CGCG 218-005 • MCG + 07-28-003 • IRAS 13196 + 3859 • KUG 1319 + 389 • H II 646 • h 1589 • LDCE 0867 NED136 | |
NGC 5112 is an 11.6 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation of the Hounds , located about 46 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 "pB, L, iF, unequally bright, 3 'or 4' diameter".