NGC 5254
| Galaxy NGC 5254 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 39 m 37.9 s |
| declination | -11 ° 29 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007717 +/- 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | 2313 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (30.5 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5254 • PGC 48307 • MCG -02-35-12 • IRAS 13369-1114 • GC 3621 • h 3527 • | |
NGC 5254 is a 12.4 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Virgo . It is estimated to be 99 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on May 6, 1836 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflecting telescope, who noted "pB, L, pmE, glbM, 2 ′ long, 1 3/4 broad".