NGC 5212
Galaxy NGC 5212 |
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NGC 5212 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
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 |
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,