NGC 5185
| Galaxy NGC 5185 |
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![NGC 5185 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5185_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5185 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 30 m 02.2 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 24 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 58 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024590 ± 0.000012 |
| Radial velocity | 7372 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(329 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.8 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5185 • UGC 8488 • PGC 47422 • CGCG 072-104 • MCG + 02-34-000 • IRAS F13276 + 1340 • GC 3567 • H III 642 • h 1619 • NSA 169996 • LDCE 985 NED002 | |
NGC 5185 is a 13.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 329 million light years from the Milky Way and about 180,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5167 , NGC 5181 , NGC 5207 .
The supernovae SN 2006br ( Type Ia ) and SN 2006dz were observed here.
The object was discovered on March 19, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “vF, S, iF, time a little inaccurate”.