NGC 5134
| Galaxy NGC 5134 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 25 m 18.5 s |
| declination | -21 ° 08 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB (r) a / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 345 |
| Redshift | 0.005864 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1758 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(73 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.5 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5134 • PGC 46938 • ESO 576-052 • MCG -03-34-073 • IRAS 13225-2052 • 2MASX J13251856-2108030 • SGC 132236-2052.4 • GC 3527 • H II 314 • h 1597 • HIPASS J1325-21 • LDCE 964 NED014 | |
NGC 5134 is a 11.4 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBb in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 73 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly. Together with four other galaxies, it forms the small galaxy group LGG 345.
In the same area of the sky there is u. a. the galaxy IC 4237 .
The object was discovered on March 10, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, S, iF, bM".