NGC 5153
| Galaxy NGC 5153 |
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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 54.3 s |
| declination | -29 ° 37 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 3559 |
| Redshift | 0.014413 +/- 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | (4321 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(187 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.3 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| diameter | 85,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5153 • PGC 47194 • ESO 444-G045 • MCG -05-32-25 • SGC 132507-2921.6 • GC 3544 • h 3509 • LDCE 0996 NED016 | |
NGC 5153 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble-type E1 pec in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is around 187 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 85,000 light years . The galaxy interacts with NGC 5152 and is likely to form a small group with NGC 5150 .
The object was discovered on May 8, 1834 by John Herschel .