NGC 5026
| NGC 5026 | |
|---|---|
 legacy surveysimage of NGC 5026 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Right ascension | 13h14m13.656s[1] |
| Declination | −42° 57′ 40.45″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.011838[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3549 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 130.6Mly(40.03Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude(V) | 13.42[4] |
| Apparent magnitude(B) | 12.48[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R')SB0/a(rs)[2] |
| Size | 99,300ly(30,440pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size(V) | 2.450′× 1.666′[1][note 1] |
| Other designations | |
| MGC-07-27-048,PGC46023[4] | |
NGC 5026is abarred spiral galaxyorlenticular galaxyin the constellation ofCentaurus.[2]It was discovered on 5 June 1834 byJohn Herschel.[5]It was described as "pretty bright, pretty large, round, gradually brighter middle" byJohn Louis Emil Dreyer,the compiler of theNew General Catalogue.[5]
References[edit]
- ^abcSkrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006)."The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)".The Astronomical Journal.131(2): 1163–1183.Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S.doi:10.1086/498708.ISSN0004-6256.S2CID18913331.
- ^abcde"NED results for object NGC 5026".National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Infrared Processing and Analysis Center.Retrieved9 November2017.
- ^Springob, Christopher M; Magoulas, Christina; Colless, Matthew; Mould, Jeremy; Erdoğdu, Pirin; Jones, D. Heath; Lucey, John R; Campbell, Lachlan; Fluke, Christopher J (2014)."The 6dF Galaxy Survey: peculiar velocity field and cosmography".Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.445(3): 2677.arXiv:1409.6161.Bibcode:2014MNRAS.445.2677S.doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1743.
- ^abc"NGC 5026".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved9 November2017.
- ^ab"New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5000 - 5049".cseligman.com.Retrieved9 November2017.
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