NGC 5126

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Galaxy
NGC 5126
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Constellation centaur
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 24 m 53.6 s
declination -30 ° 20 ′ 01 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a / pec / sp  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 57 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015971 ± 0.000043  
Radial velocity 4788 ± 13 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(208 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(63.7 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date May 6, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  5126 • PGC  46910 • ESO  444-028 • MCG  -05-32-010 • 2MASX  J13245297-3020059 • SGC  132206-3004.4 • GC  3523 • h  3500 • LDCE 996 NED009

NGC 5126 is a 13.2 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is an estimated 208 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 5124 , NGC 5135 , IC 4247 , IC 4248 .

The object was discovered on May 6, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "vF, vS".

Web links

  • NGC 5126. SIMBAD, accessed June 22, 2015 .
  • NGC 5126. DSO Browser, accessed June 22, 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 5126
  3. Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5126. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 22, 2015 (English).
  4. Seligman