NGC 5264
| Galaxy NGC 5264 |
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| Image of the galaxy NGC 5264 using the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 41 m 36.7 s |
| declination | -29 ° 54 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IB (s) m |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 x 1.5 |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | M83 group |
| Redshift | 0.001594 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 478 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(16 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (4.78 ± 0.34) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5264 • PGC 48467 • ESO 445-12 • MCG -05-32-066 • IRAS F13387-2939 • 2MASX J13413668-2954472 • SGC 133847-2939.7 • UGCA 370 • AM 1383-293 • LDCE 993 NED008 | |
NGC 5264 is an irregular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type IB (s) m in the constellation Water Snake south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 16 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 4309 , IC 4319 , IC 4321 , IC 4324 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered in 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch mirror telescope and was later listed by Johan Dreyer in his New General Catalog.
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews.com: Picture of the day August 23, 2016