NGC 5213
| Galaxy NGC 5213 | |
|---|---|
| ![NGC 5213 [1] SDSS image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/NGC5213_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg/300px-NGC5213_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)  | |
| NGC 5213 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin | 
| Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 | |
| Right ascension | 13 h 34 m 39.40 s | 
| declination | + 04 ° 08 ′ 00.0 ″ | 
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb | 
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag | 
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag | 
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ | 
| Position angle | 132 ° | 
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² | 
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022918 ± 0.000110 | 
| Radial velocity | 6871 ± 33 km / s | 
| Stroke distance v rad / H 0 | (305 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly (93.6 ± 6.6) Mpc | 
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth | 
| Discovery date | April 30, 1864 | 
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5213 • UGC 8552 • PGC 47842 • CGCG 045-028 • MCG + 01-35-008 • IRAS 13321 + 0423 • VV 18a • GC 5744 • NVSS J133439 + 040752 | |
NGC 5213 is a 14.0 mag bright bar-spiral shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 305 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5245 , NGC 5246 , NGC 5252 , IC 896 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 30, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5213. SIMBAD , accessed July 10, 2020 .
- NGC 5213. DSO Browser, accessed July 10, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5213. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 10, 2015 .


