NGC 5114
| Galaxy NGC 5114 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 24 m 01.7 s |
| declination | -32 ° 20 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 3558 IC 4296 Group LGG 353 |
| Redshift | 0.011945 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 3581 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(154 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.1 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5114 • PGC 46828 • ESO 444-24 • MCG -05-32-006 • SGC 132113-3205.0 • GC 3513 • h 3495 • GALEX ASC J132401.60-322038.8 • LDCE 996 NED007 | |
NGC 5114 is a 12.5 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is an estimated 154 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on June 3, 1836 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which “faint, slightly elongated, pretty suddenly brighter in the middle. The following of 2 ”noted. The second named object is NGC 5108 .