NGC 5140
| Galaxy NGC 5140 |
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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 26 m 21.7 s |
| declination | -33 ° 52 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0-: LINER? |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 353 |
| Redshift | 0.012939 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 3879 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(167 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.1 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5140 • PGC 47031 • ESO 382-65 • MCG -05-32-016 • IRAS 13235-3336 • SGC 132331-3336.5 • GC 3532 • h 3505 • LDCE 0996 NED012 | |
NGC 5140 is a 11.8 likes bright lenticular galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type I / SB0 in the constellation Centaurus and about 167 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on May 1, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "pF, R, glbM, 25 arcseconds".