NGC 5137
| Galaxy NGC 5137 |
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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 52.5 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 04 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5129 group WBL 444-006 |
| Redshift | 0.024030 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 7204 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(321 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.5 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5137 • PGC 46907 • CGCG 072-071 • 2MASX J13245247 + 1404382 • GALEX ASC J132452.50 + 140439.1 | |
NGC 5137 is a 14.8 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 321 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5115 , NGC 5129 , NGC 5132 , NGC 5136 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 17, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5137. SIMBAD, accessed June 29, 2015 .
- NGC 5137. DSO Browser, accessed June 29, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5137. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 29, 2015 .