NGC 5201 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on April 14, 1789 by German-born British astronomer William Herschel.[4] It is about 384 million light years away.[5]
NGC 5201 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Ursa Major |
Right ascension | 13h 29m 16.212s[1] |
Declination | +53° 04′ 55.14″[1] |
Redshift | 0.02909[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 8594 km/s[2] |
Distance | 408.8 Mly (125.34 Mpc)[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sb[2] |
Other designations | |
UGC 8480, MCG +09-22-069, PGC 47324[2] |