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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
LIN
Redshift
z = 0.02909
Morphology
Sb
Coordinates
RA 202.3176° · Dec 53.0820°
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Key facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
13 29 16.212
Declination
+53 ° 04 ′ 55.14 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
8594 km/s
Distance
408.8 Mly (125.34 Mpc )
Type
Sb

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5201 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on April 14, 1789 by German-born British astronomer William Herschel. It is about 384 million light years away.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 5201” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.