NGC 5114

NGC 5114 is a lenticular galaxy located about 170 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Centaurus.[4] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on June 3, 1836.[5]

NGC 5114
2MASS image of NGC 5114.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Centaurus
Right ascension	13^h 24^m 01.7^s[1]
Declination	−32° 20′ 38″[1]
Redshift	0.011945[1]
Helio radial velocity	3581 km/s[1]
Distance	172 Mly [2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.45[1]
Characteristics
Type	SAB0-[1]
Size	~130,400 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.7 x 1.0[1]
Other designations
ESO 444-24, MCG -5-32-6, PGC 46828 [1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (5001–6000)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5114. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
2. "parsecs to lightyears conversion". Retrieved 2017-09-30.
3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 5114". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5100 - 5149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

External links

• NGC 5114 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images