NGC 5126
| Galaxy NGC 5126 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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".