NGC 5165
| Galaxy NGC 5165 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 28 m 39.2 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 23 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022986 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 6891 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(307 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.1 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5165 • PGC 47281 • CGCG 072-078 • MCG + 02-34-016 • 2MASX J13283913 + 1123131 • LDCE 0978 NED001 • LEDA 47281 | |
NGC 5165 is a 13.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type "S0" in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 307 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 5162 , NGC 5171 , NGC 5178 , NGC 5179 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on May 5, 1883 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
- NGC 5165. SIMBAD , accessed July 1, 2015 .
- NGC 5165. DSO Browser, accessed July 1, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5165. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 1, 2015 .