NGC 5150
| Galaxy NGC 5150 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 27 m 36.5 s |
| declination | -29 ° 33 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 3559 LGG 351 |
| Redshift | 0.012956 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 3884 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(167 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.3 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5150 • PGC 47169 • ESO 444-043 • MCG -05-32-023 • IRAS 13248-2918 • 2MASX J13273652-2933438 • LDCE 996 NED015 | |
NGC 5150 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBbc in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 167 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter. Together with the galaxy pair NGC 5152 / NGC 5153, it probably forms a small group of galaxies .
In the same area of the sky there are still u. a. the galaxies NGC 5135 , IC 4248 , IC 4251 , IC 4259 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 5, 1834 .