NGC 5212
| Galaxy NGC 5212 |
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![NGC 5212 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5212_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5212 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 32 m 56.055 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 17 ′ 15.94 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 450 |
| Redshift | 0.025304 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 7586 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(338 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (103.5 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5212 • PGC 47687 • CGCG 045-014 • IRAS F13304 + 0732 • 2MASX J13325602 + 0717162 • GC 3586 • h 1631 • GALEX ASC J133256.04 + 071717.0 • NVSS J133255 + 071719 • WISEA J133256.05 + 071716.6 | |
NGC 5212 is a 14.3 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S with an active galaxy core in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 338 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 5208 , NGC 5209 , NGC 5210 , NGC 5239 .
The object was on April 24, 1830 by John Herschel who described it as "extremely faint". discovered with an 18-inch reflector telescope,