NGC 5164
Galaxy NGC 5164 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Big Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 27 m 11.9 s |
declination | + 55 ° 29 ′ 14 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBb |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 27 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.024076 +/- 0.000164 |
Radial velocity | 7218 +/- 49 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(327 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.4 ± 7.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5164 • UGC 8458 • PGC 47124 • CGCG 271-041 • MCG + 09-22-063 • GC 3553 • H III 784 • h 1609 • LDCE 0977 NED001 |
NGC 5164 is a 13.7 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Great Bear , about 327 million light years away from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on April 14, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "cF, S, iR".