Astronomy:NGC 5026
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Centaurus
| NGC 5026 | |
|---|---|
 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] |
| Helio 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NED results for object NGC 5026". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+5026&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ Springob, Christopher M; Magoulas, Christina; Colless, Matthew; Mould, Jeremy; Erdoğdu, Pirin; Jones, D. Heath; Lucey, John R; Campbell, Lachlan et al. (2014). "The 6dF Galaxy Survey: peculiar velocity field and cosmography". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 445 (3): 2677. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1743. Bibcode: 2014MNRAS.445.2677S.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "NGC 5026". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc50.htm#5026.
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