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Spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 5078 is a spiral galaxy in the Hydra constellation, approximately 94 million light-years away from Earth.[2] It has a diameter of 127,000 light-years and is probably a member of the NGC 5061 group.[3] The dust lane of NGC 5078 is warped, probably by interaction with the nearby galaxy IC 879, which is itself distorted into an 'S' shape by the interaction.[4] At the presumed distance the two galaxies would have a minimal separation of about 61,000 light-years.[3] For comparison, the Large Magellanic Cloud is about 160,000 light-years from the Milky Way.
NGC 5078 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Hydra |
Right ascension | 13h 19m 50.0s[1] |
Declination | −27° 24′ 36″[1] |
Redshift | 2168 ± 6 km/s[1] |
Distance | 94 Mly[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +11.8[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA(s)a[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 4′.0 × 1′.9[1] |
Other designations | |
PGC 46490[1] |
One supernova has been observed in NGC 5078: SN 1999cz (type Ic, mag. 16).[5]
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