NGC 5191
| Galaxy NGC 5191 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 30 m 47.3 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 12 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 84 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021695 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 6504 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(290 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.8 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Hough |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5191 • PGC 47498 • CGCG 073-003 • MCG + 02-34-026 • 2MASX J13304735 + 1112023 • GALEX ASC J133047.31 + 111203.2 • LDCE 978 NED009 | |
NGC 5191 is a 14.1 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 290 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light-years across .
The galaxies NGC 5165 , NGC 5162 , NGC 5178 , NGC 5179 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by George Washington Hough on May 5, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5191. SIMBAD , accessed July 8, 2015 .
- NGC 5191. DSO Browser, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5191. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 8, 2015 .