NGC 5166
| Galaxy NGC 5166 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 28 m 15.0 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 01 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 67 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 350 |
| Redshift | 0.015501 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 4647 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(209 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (64.2 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 29, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5166, 5166A • UGC 8463 • PGC 47234 • CGCG 161-062 • MCG + 05-32-026 • IRAS 13259 + 321 • GC 3554 • h 1608 • LDCE 0968 NED003 | |
NGC 5166 , also in the catalog as NGC 5166A out is a 13.5 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation of the hunting dogs and about 209 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1827 .
Web links
- NGC 5166. SIMBAD, accessed July 6, 2015 .
- NGC 5166. DSO Browser, accessed July 6, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5166. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 6, 2015 .