NGC 5173
| Galaxy NGC 5173 |
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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 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 |
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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.