NGC 5116
| Galaxy NGC 5116 |
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![NGC 5116 with SDSS J132257.98 + 270007.9 [1] (above), SDSS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5116_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5116 with SDSS J132257.98 + 270007.9 (above), SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 22 m 55.6 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 58 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009645 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2891 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(130 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (39.9 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5116 • UGC 8410 • PGC 46744 • CGCG 161-036 • MCG + 05-32-009 • IRAS 13205 + 2714 • KUG 1320 + 272 • 2MASX J13225563 + 2658505 • GC 3514 • H III 368 • h 1590 • | |
NGC 5116 is a 12.9 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBc in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 130 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 4230 , IC 4234 , IC 4241 , IC 4244 .
The object was discovered on April 11, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “vF, mE, 1.5 ′ long, resolvable, discovered during gaging”.