NGC 5196
| Galaxy NGC 5196 |
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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 31 m 19.6 s |
| declination | -01 ° 36 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 97 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021648 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 6490 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(287 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.1 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5196 • PGC 47540 • CGCG 017-002 • 2MASX J13311969-0136537 • GC 5741 • USGC U540 NED04 • LEDA 47540 | |
NGC 5196 is a 14.2 mag bright elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 287 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5184 , NGC 5192 , NGC 5197 , NGC 5202 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 12, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5196. SIMBAD, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- NGC 5196. DSO Browser, accessed July 8, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5196. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 8, 2015 .