NGC 5236 South Pinwheel Galaxy
NGC 5236 is a late spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. Some key stats include:
NGC: | NGC 5236 |
Common name: | South Pinwheel Galaxy |
Messier: | M 83 |
Type: | galaxy |
Galaxy type: | late spiral |
Galaxy morph class: | Sc |
Constellation: | Hydra |
Surface brightness: | 22.2 mag/arcsec2 |
V-magnitude (visual): | 7.21 |
B-magnitude (blue): | 7.82 |
J-magnitude (IR): | 5.54 |
H-magnitude (IR): | |
K-magnitude (IR): | 4.87 |
Right Ascension: | 13:37:00.95 |
Declination: | -29:51:55.50 |
Major axis: | 13.61 ' |
Minor axis: | 13.21 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 45° |
Radial velocity: | 519 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.001733 |
Right Ascension units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination units = DD:MM:SS.SS
PN = planetary nebula