| NGC 5011 | |
|---|---|
 HST image of NGC 5011B (right) and NGC 5011C (left) | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Right ascension | 13h 12m 51.848s[1] |
| Declination | −43° 05′ 46.25″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.010537[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3159 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 133.26 ± 18.56 Mly (40.857 ± 5.692 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.33[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.14[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E1-2[2] |
| Size | 92,800 ly (28,440 pc)[2][note 1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.763′ × 1.552′[1][note 1] |
| Other designations | |
| MGC-07-27-042,PGC 45898[3] | |
NGC 5011 is anelliptical galaxy in the constellation ofCentaurus.[2] It was discovered on 3 June 1834 byJohn Herschel.[4] It was described as "pretty bright, considerably small, round, among 4 stars" byJohn Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of theNew General Catalogue.[4]
Several galaxies are not physically associated with NGC 5011, but appear close to NGC 5011 in the night sky. PGC 45847 is aspiral galaxy that is also known asNGC 5011A.[5] PGC 45918 is alenticular galaxy[6] some 156 million light-years away from the Earth, in theCentaurus Cluster, and is designatedNGC 5011B.[7] PGC 45917 is adwarf galaxy, also designatedNGC 5011C.[8][7] Although NGC 5011B and 5011C appear close together, they are no signs of them interacting.[7] NGC 5011C is actually much closer and is in theCentaurus A/M83 Group, at 13 million light years away.[7]
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