NGC 5173
Galaxy NGC 5173 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 28 m 25.3 s |
declination | + 46 ° 35 ′ 30 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E0 |
Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 117 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 352 |
Redshift | 0.008086 +/- 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | (2424 +/- 5) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(112 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.4 ± 2.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | May 12, 1787 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5173 • UGC 8468 • PGC 47257 • CGCG 246-003 • MCG + 08-25-005 • GC 3559 • H III 672 • h 1614 • LDCE 0988 NED001 |
NGC 5173 is a 12.2 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation of the hunting dogs , which is about 112 million light-years from the Milky Way's center.
It was discovered on May 12, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as cF, vS, stellar, 300 power.