NGC 5179
| Galaxy NGC 5179 |
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![NGC 5179 with 2MASX J13292822 + 1146255 (ro) and SDSS J132924.62 + 114337.6 (ru) [1] SDSS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5179_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5179 with 2MASX J13292822 + 1146255 (ro) and SDSS J132924.62 + 114337.6 (ru) SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 29 m 30.9 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 44 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 447 |
| Redshift | 0.024130 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 7234 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(322 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.8 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Sherburne Burnham |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5179 • PGC 47363 • CGCG 072-094 • MCG + 02-34-023 • 2MASX J13293087 + 1144445 • Mrk 1349 • GALEX ASC J132930.84 + 114445.2 • LDCE 978 NED008 | |
NGC 5179 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 322 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across.
Together with NGC 5171 , NGC 5176 , NGC 5177 and NGC 5178 , it forms a small group of galaxies .
The object was discovered on May 5, 1883 by Sherburne Wesley Burnham using an 18.5-inch refractor .