NGC 5326
| Galaxy NGC 5326 |
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| Image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy NGC 5326. | |
| 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 50.7 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 34 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 137 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 361 |
| Redshift | 0.008406 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 2520 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(116 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (35.6 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5326 • UGC 8764 • PGC 49157 • CGCG 218-061 • CGCG 219-006 • 2MASX J13505071 + 3934296 • GC 3674 • H II 712 • h 1685 • GALEX ASC J135050.62 + 393429.6 • LDCE 1006 NED007 | |
NGC 5326 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is an estimated 116 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5313 , NGC 5337 , NGC 5346 , IC 4336 .
The object was discovered on January 14, 1788 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7-inch mirror telescope and was later listed by Johan Dreyer in his New General Catalog .