NGC 5180
| Galaxy NGC 5180 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 29 m 26.9 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 49 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022389 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 6712 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(300 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (91.9 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5180 • UGC 8479 • PGC 47352 • CGCG 101-058 • MCG + 03-34-042 • 2MASX J13292695 + 1649331 • GC 3562 • H III 71 • h 1615 • GALEX ASC J132926.98 + 164931.1 • LDCE 981 NED004 | |
NGC 5180 is a 13.0 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 300 million light years from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5151 , NGC 5172 , IC 894 .
The object was discovered on March 21, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "three small stars with suspected nebulosity, 240 power left some doubt".