NGC 5493
| Galaxy NGC 5493 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 11 m 29.4 s |
| declination | -05 ° 02 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 pec sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 374 |
| Redshift | 0.008889 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2665 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(117 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.9 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5493 • UGC A 386 • PGC 50670 • MCG -01-36-13 • 2MASX J14112938-0502371 • GC 3801 • H IV 46 • h 1755 • LDCE 1026 NED008 | |
NGC 5493 is a lenticular S0-type galaxy located in the constellation Virgo . It is around 117 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on February 22, 1787 .