NGC 5305
| Galaxy NGC 5305 |
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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 47 m 55.7 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 49 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018873 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5658 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(256 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.5 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5305, 5305A • UGC 8729 • PGC 48930 • CGCG 190-057 • MCG + 06-30-87 • GC 3659 • H III 621 • h 1673 • LDCE 1018 NED001 | |
NGC 5305 is a 13.6 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Hounds . It is an estimated 256 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 17, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, S, iR, confirmed with 300 power".