NGC 5149
| Galaxy NGC 5149 |
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| NGC 5149 & NGC 5154 (image taken with the 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory ). | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 26 m 09.1 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 56 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.018853 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (5652 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.1 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| diameter | 120,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5149 • UGC 8444 • PGC 47011 • MCG + 06-30-010 • IRAS 13238 + 3611 • 2MASX J13260917 + 3556039 • GC 3540 • H III 404 • h 1604 • GALEX ASC J132609.09 + 355604.4 • LDCE 971 NED003 • KPG 375A | |
NGC 5149 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is an estimated 255 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter . Together with NGC 5154 , it forms the isolated galaxy pair KPG 375 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5141 , NGC 5142 , NGC 5143 .
The Type II supernova SN 2006by was observed here.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on May 1, 1785 .
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