NGC 5298
| Galaxy NGC 5298 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 48 m 36.5 s |
| declination | -30 ° 25 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 69 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 357 |
| Redshift | 0.014510 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4350 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(189 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.9 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5298 • PGC 48985 • ESO 445-G039 • MCG -05-33-15 • SGC 134545-3010.8 • GC 3653 • h 3538 • LDCE 0996 NED059 | |
NGC 5298 is a 13.1 mag light barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Centaur and about 189 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on March 30, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which noted "F, R, gbM, 30 arcseconds".