NGC 5151
| Galaxy NGC 5151 |
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| with SDSS J132638.65 + 165159.9 (r), SDSS attachment | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 26 m 40.8 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 52 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.8' |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027242 ± 0.000180 |
| Radial velocity | 8167 ± 54 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(365 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (111.8 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5151 • PGC 47056 • CGCG 101-048 • MCG + 03-34-032 • 2MASX J13264084 + 1652258 • GALEX ASC J132640.89 + 165226.3 | |
NGC 5151 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0-a? pec in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is around 365 million light years away from the Milky Way , the central area has a diameter of around 85,000 light years , while its outer area extends over more than 200,000 light years .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5158 , NGC 5172 , NGC 5180 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 8, 1826 .