NGC 5234
| Galaxy NGC 5234 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 37 m 29.9 s |
| declination | -49 ° 50 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA (l) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012284 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 3683 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(157 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.2 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 6, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5234 • PGC 48129 • ESO 220-024 • 2MASX J13372994-4950128 • SGC 133424-4935.0 • GC 3604 • h 3522 • GALEX ASC J133729.76-495013.7 • LDCE 1020 NED002 | |
NGC 5234 is a 13.1 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation of the hunting dogs at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 157 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on July 6, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "eeF, lE, 30 arcseconds, Requires a newly polished mirror, and a night such as this to be seen".