NGC 5026 | |
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legacy surveys image of NGC 5026 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Centaurus |
Right ascension | 13h 14m 13.656s [1] |
Declination | −42° 57′ 40.45″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.011838 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 3549 km/s [2] |
Distance | 130.6 Mly (40.03 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.42 [4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.48 [4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | (R')SB0/a(rs) [2] |
Size | 99,300 ly (30,440 pc) [2] [note 1] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.450′ × 1.666′ [1] [note 1] |
Other designations | |
MGC-07-27-048, PGC 46023 [4] |
NGC 5026 is a barred spiral galaxy or lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. [2] It was discovered on 5 June 1834 by John Herschel. [5] It was described as "pretty bright, pretty large, round, gradually brighter middle" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue. [5]
NGC 5026 | |
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legacy surveys image of NGC 5026 | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Centaurus |
Right ascension | 13h 14m 13.656s [1] |
Declination | −42° 57′ 40.45″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.011838 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 3549 km/s [2] |
Distance | 130.6 Mly (40.03 Mpc) [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.42 [4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.48 [4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | (R')SB0/a(rs) [2] |
Size | 99,300 ly (30,440 pc) [2] [note 1] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.450′ × 1.666′ [1] [note 1] |
Other designations | |
MGC-07-27-048, PGC 46023 [4] |
NGC 5026 is a barred spiral galaxy or lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. [2] It was discovered on 5 June 1834 by John Herschel. [5] It was described as "pretty bright, pretty large, round, gradually brighter middle" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue. [5]