NGC 5213

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Galaxy
NGC 5213
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NGC 5213 [1] SDSS image
NGC 5213 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , 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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5213
  4. Seligman