NGC 5188
| Galaxy NGC 5188 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 30 m 28.3 s |
| declination | -34 ° 47 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ':) SAB (rs) b HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 104 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008089 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2425 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(102 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.2 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5188 • PGC 68539 • ESO 383-9 • MCG -06-30-007 • IRAS 13286-3432 • SGC 132837-3432.3 • GC 3569 • h 3515 • LDCE 0984 NED002 | |
NGC 5188 is a 12.1 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc / P in the constellation Centaur and about 102 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 1, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which during two observations “faint, pretty large, round, gradually little brighter in the middle; 45 arcseconds "and" faint, pretty large, slightly elongated, very gradually little brighter in the middle; 50 arcseconds ”.