NGC 5295
| Galaxy NGC 5295 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 38 m 39.4 s |
| declination | + 79 ° 27 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023133 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 6935 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(317 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (97.2 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 20, 1797 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5295 • PGC 48215 • CGCG 353-023 • MCG + 13-10-09 • GC 3650 • H III 946 • | |
NGC 5295 is a 14.3 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Giraffe . It is an estimated 317 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on December 20, 1797 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, vS, R".