NGC 5157

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Galaxy
NGC 5157
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 27 m 16.8 s
declination + 32 ° 01 ′ 51 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (r) a  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 111 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024424 +/- 0.000087  
Radial velocity 7322 +/- 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(329 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(100.9 ± 7.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date March 20, 1787
Catalog names
NGC  5157 • UGC  8455 • PGC  47131 • CGCG  161-056 • MCG  + 05-32-021 • GC  3548 • H  III 651 • h  1606 • LDCE 0983 NED006

NGC 5157 is a 13.4 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation of the Hounds , located about 329 million light years from the Milky Way.

It was discovered on March 20, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, S".

Web links

  • NGC 5157. SIMBAD, accessed July 1, 2015 .
  • NGC 5157. DSO Browser, accessed July 1, 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5157
  3. Seligman
  4. Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5157. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 1, 2015 (English).