NGC 5314
| Galaxy NGC 5314 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 46 m 11.4 s |
| declination | + 70 ° 20 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031962 ± 0.000427 |
| Radial velocity | 9582 ± 128 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(435 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (133.3 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5314 • PGC 48810 • CGCG 336-017 • MCG + 12-13-009 • IRAS 13450 + 7035 • 2MASX J13461136 + 7020225 • GALEX ASC J134611.31 + 702021.8 | |
NGC 5314 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 435 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 8, 1886 by Lewis A. Swift , who noted "... the 2 components of a D * point to it" and "An eF * v close; ...".