NGC 5159
| Galaxy NGC 5159 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 28 m 16.2 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 58 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020958 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 6283 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(279 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.4 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 30, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5159 • UGC 8460 • PGC 47235 • CGCG 044-088 • MCG + 01-34-022 • 2MASX J13281623 + 0258574 • GC 5739 • | |
NGC 5159 is a 14.3 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation of Virgo , which is about 279 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on April 30, 1864 .