NGC 5296
| Galaxy NGC 5296 |
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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 46 m 18.6 s |
| declination | + 43 ° 51 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 +: / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 358 |
| Redshift | 0.007519 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (2254 +/- 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(105 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (32.1 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Stoney |
| Discovery date | May 3, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5296 • PGC 48811 • CGCG 218-044 • MCG + 07-28-62 • 2MASX J13461868 + 4351046 • GC 3651 • | |
NGC 5296 is a 14.4 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0-a in the constellation of hunting dogs . It is in gravitational interaction with NGC 5297, which is an estimated 105 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on May 3, 1850 by George Johnstone Stoney while he was an assistant professor at the observatory of William Parsons using his telescope Leviathan .
Web links
- NGC 5296. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- NGC 5296. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5296. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 8, 2016 .