NGC 5325
| Galaxy NGC 5325 |
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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 50 m 54.1 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 16 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) m: |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 91 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011331 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 3397 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(155 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.5 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 14, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5325 • PGC 49163 • CGCG 218-062, 219-007 • MCG + 07-28-80 • IRAS F13487 + 3831 • KUG 1348 + 385 • 2MASX J13505425 + 3816279 • VV 607 • HOLM 550A | |
NGC 5325 (also NGC 5325A ) is a 15.3 mag bright spiral-shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble-type Sc in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 155 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5303 , NGC 5341 , NGC 5349 , NGC 5351 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 14, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5325. SIMBAD, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- NGC 5325. DSO Browser, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5325. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 14, 2016 .