NGC 5274
| Galaxy NGC 5274 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 42 m 23.3 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 50 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.044324 +/- 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 13288 +/- 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(596 ± 42) · 10 6 ly (182.6 ± 12.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 25, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5274 • PGC 48536 • CGCG 161-125 • MCG + 05-32-66 • | |
NGC 5274 is a 14.6 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type "E?" In the constellation Hounds . It is about 596 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on May 25, 1881 .
Web links
- NGC 5274. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- NGC 5274. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5274. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .