NGC 5122
Galaxy NGC 5122 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 24 m 14.9 s |
declination | -10 ° 39 ′ 15 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 115 ° |
Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.009400 ± 0.000033 |
Radial velocity | 2818 ± 10 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(122 ± 119) · 10 6 ly (37.4 ± 36.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | April 24, 1887 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5122 • PGC 46848 • MCG -02-34-043 • 2MASX J13241494-1039156 • LDCE 955 NED042 |
NGC 5122 is a 13.4 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 122 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 5130 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 24, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5122. SIMBAD , accessed June 18, 2015 .
- NGC 5122. DSO Browser, accessed June 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5122. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 18, 2015 .