NGC 5331
| Interacting galaxy pair NGC 5331 |
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| Image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
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| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 52 m 16.3 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 06 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb pec:; LIRG HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 1: 14.1 mag 2: 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 1: 14.9 mag 2: 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1: 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ 2: 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 1: 55 ° 2: 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 1: 12.4 mag / arcmin² 2: 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033043 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 9906 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(441 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.2 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5331 • UGC 8774 • PGC 49264/49266 • CGCG 017-082 • MCG + 00-35-022 • IRAS 13496 + 0221 • VV 253 • GC 3678 • H III 929 • h 1687 • | |
NGC 5331 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Virgo , which is approximately 450 million light years from the Milky Way . The centers of the two galaxies are less than 30 "apart.
The object was discovered on May 13, 1793 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
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