NGC 5181
| Galaxy NGC 5181 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 29 m 42.0 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 18 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025251 +/- 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 7570 +/- 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(338 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (103.5 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 29, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5181 • PGC 47373 • CGCG 072-098 • MCG + 02-34-024 • GC 3563 • h 1616 • LDCE 0985 NED001 | |
NGC 5181 is a 13.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation of Virgo and about 338 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by John Herschel on March 29, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5181. SIMBAD, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- NGC 5181. DSO Browser, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5181. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 8, 2015 .