NGC 5494
| Galaxy NGC 5494 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 12 m 24.2 s |
| declination | -30 ° 38 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 32 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 375 |
| Redshift | 0.008686 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (2604 +/- 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(111 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (34.1 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5494 • PGC 50732 • ESO 446-25 • MCG -05-34-001 • IRAS 14094-3024 • SGC 140929-3024.6 • GC 3802 • h 3560 • LDCE 1045 NED002 | |
NGC 5494 is a 12.0 likes bright spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Centaurus and about 111 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on March 30, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflecting telescope.