NGC 5117
Galaxy NGC 5117 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 22 m 56.5 s |
declination | + 18 ° 28 ′ 59 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBcd? |
Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
Position angle | 154 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.007944 +/- 0.000010 |
Radial velocity | 2382 +/- 3 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(108 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (33.0 ± 2.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | March 30, 1827 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5117 • UGC 8411 • PGC 46746 • CGCG 161-037 • MCG + 05-32-010 • IRAS F13205 + 2834 • GC 3515 • h 1592 • |
NGC 5117 is a 13.5 mag light barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Hounds . It is estimated to be 108 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 30, 1827 .
Web links
- NGC 5117. SIMBAD, accessed June 18, 2015 .
- NGC 5117. DSO Browser, accessed June 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5117. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 18, 2015 .