NGC 5294
| Galaxy NGC 5294 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 45 m 18.1 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 17 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006543 ± 0.000005 |
| Radial velocity | 1962 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(93 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (28.4 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5294 • PGC 48761 • CGCG 271-061 • 272-006 • 2MASX J13451806 + 5517256 • GC 3649 • H III 785 • h 1667 • GALEX ASC J134517.98 + 551727.5 | |
NGC 5294 is a 14.2 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 94 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 16,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 931 , IC 934 , IC 937 , IC 938 .
The object was discovered on April 14, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “2 eF stars with nebulosity”.