NGC 5034

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NGC 5034
NGC 5034 PanS.jpg
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Ursa Minor
Right ascension 13h 12m 19.01200s [1]
Declination +70° 38′ 57.5408″ [1]
Redshift 0.028983 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 8563 km/s [2]
Distance 401.5  Mly (123.11  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.06 [4]
Characteristics
Type Sbc [4]
Other designations
UGC 8295, MCG +12-13-001, PGC 45859 [2]

NGC 5034 is a spiral galaxy [4] in the constellation of Ursa Minor. NGC 5034 is its New General Catalogue designation. It is located about 401 million light-years (123 Mpc) from the Sun. [3] It was discovered on April 7, 1793, by William Herschel. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 .
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 5034". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  3. 1 2 Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv: astro-ph/0610732 . Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID   11672751.
  4. 1 2 3 "Search specification: NGC 5034". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5000 - 5049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-04.


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