NGC 5193
| Galaxy NGC 5193 |
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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 31 m 53.5 s |
| declination | -33 ° 14 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 353 |
| Redshift | 0.012379 +/- 0.000011 |
| Radial velocity | 3711 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.9 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5193 • PGC 47582 • ESO 383-G015 • MCG -05-32-037 • 2MASX J13315348-3314040 • SGC 132903-3258.7 • GC 3573 • h 3516 • LDCE 0996 NED023 | |
NGC 5193 is a 11.5 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation Centaurus . It is an estimated 159 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on June 3, 1836 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which "pretty bright, small, round; first gradually, then pretty suddenly brighter in the middle; 45 arcseconds ”. Together with the non-NGC object PGC 47568 (also called NGC 5193A ) it forms a gravitationally connected double galaxy.