Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.011972
- Coordinates
- RA 201.0072° · Dec -32.3439°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Right ascension
- 13 24 01.7
- Declination
- −32 ° 20 ′ 38 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3581 km/s
- Distance
- 172 Mly
- Type
- SAB0-
- Size
- ~130,400 ly (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.7 x 1.0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Distance from Earth
- 45.53
- Image
- 2MASS NGC 5114.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- catalog code
- FLASH J132401.75-322035.8
- time of discovery or invention
- 1836-06-03
- apparent magnitude
- 9.291
- galaxy morphological type
- S...
- redshift
- 0.011902
- right ascension
- 201.0072500
- declination
- -32.3439778
- radial velocity
- 3381
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 5114
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 5114 is a lenticular galaxy located about 170 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on June 3, 1836.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1117054” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.