NGC 5164

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NGC 5164
NGC 5164 2MASS.jpg
NGC 5164 2MASS (near-infrared)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 13h 27m 11.9s [1]
Declination +55° 29′ 14″ [1]
Redshift 0.024076 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 7218 ± 49 km/s [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.1 [1]
Characteristics
Type SBb [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.3′ × 1.0′ [1]
Other designations
UGC 8458, [1] PGC 47124 [1]

NGC 5164 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 14, 1789. [2]

Image of NGC 5164 created using the Aladin Sky Atlas software from the Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center and SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) public data NGC 5164 SDSS2.jpg
Image of NGC 5164 created using the Aladin Sky Atlas software from the Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center and SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) public data

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5164. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
  2. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 5150 - 5199". cseligman.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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