NGC 5152
| Galaxy NGC 5152 |
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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 51.1 s |
| declination | -29 ° 37 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 117 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5135 group LGG 351 |
| Redshift | 0.013896 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | (4166 ± 11) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.2 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 110,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5152 • PGC 47187 • ESO 444-G044 • MCG -05-32-24 • SGC SGC 132503-2921.6 • GC 3543 • h 3508 • AGC 29677 | |
NGC 5152 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is around 180 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 115,000 light years . The galaxy interacts with NGC 5153 and is likely to form a small group with NGC 5150 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 5, 1834 .