NGC 5163
| Galaxy NGC 5163 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 26 m 54.2 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 45 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029761 +/- 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 8922 +/- 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(403 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (123.6 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5163 • UGC 8453 • PGC 47096 • CGCG 271-040 • MCG + 09-22-062 • GC 3552 • H III 821 • LDCE 0975 NED002 | |
NGC 5163 is a 14.1 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation Ursa Major , which is about 403 million light-years from the Milky Way's center.
It was discovered on April 26, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope, who described it as "cF, stellar".