NGC 5330
| Galaxy NGC 5330 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 52 m 59.2 s |
| declination | -28 ° 28 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | IC 4329 group LGG 357 |
| Redshift | 0.015888 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4763 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(207 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (63.6 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5330 • PGC 49316 • ESO 445-068 • MCG -05-33-28A • 2MASX J13525917-2828141 • SGC 135009-2813.4 • GALEXASC J135259.21-282813.7 • LDCE 996 NED079 | |
NGC 5330 is a 13.8 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 207 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly. Together with NGC 5328 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on March 25, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5330. SIMBAD , accessed February 14, 2016 .
- NGC 5330. DSO Browser, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5330. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 14, 2016 .