NGC 5125
| Galaxy NGC 5125 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 24 m 00.7 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 42 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023299 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 6985 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(311 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.3 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 18, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5125 • UGC 8421 • PGC 46827 • CGCG 072-062 • MCG + 02-34-011 • IRAS 13214 + 0958 • GC 3522 • h 1593 • | |
NGC 5125 is a 12.1 likes bright spiral radio galaxy from the Hubble type Sb in the constellation of Virgo , which is about 311 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. It was discovered by John Herschel on January 18, 1828 .
Web links
- NGC 5125. SIMBAD, accessed June 22, 2015 .
- NGC 5125. DSO Browser, accessed June 22, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5125. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 22, 2015 .