NGC 5133

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Galaxy
NGC 5133
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Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 24 m 52.91 s
declination -04 ° 04 ′ 55.2 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R '?) SA? 0-:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.0 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 42 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.020454 ± 0.000060  
Radial velocity 6132 ± 18 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(271 ± 19)  x  10 6  ly
(83.0 ± 5.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date April 23, 1881
Catalog names
NGC  5133 • PGC  46909 • MCG  -01-34-015 • IRAS  13222-0346 • 2MASX  J13245289-0404550 • GALEX ASC J132453.01-040454.3 • LDCE 0976 NED001 • WISEA J132452.90-040455.1

NGC 5133 is a 13.7 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic. It is an estimated 271 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 886 .

The object was discovered on April 23, 1881 by Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 5133
  3. Seligman