NGC 5334
| Galaxy NGC 5334 / IC 4338 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 52 m 54.4 s |
| declination | -01 ° 06 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.2 ′ × 3.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 21 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004623 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1386 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.4 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5334 • IC 4338 • UGC 8790 • PGC 49308 • CGCG 017-088 • MCG + 00-35-024 • IRAS 13502-0051 • 2MASX J13525447-0106531 • GC 3680 • H III 665 • HIPASS J1352-01 | |
NGC 5334 = IC 4338 is a faint bar spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 60 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 5345 .
The Type II? Supernova SN 2003gm was observed here.
The object was discovered on April 15, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "cF, cL, R, vlbM, resolvable, 5 ′ diameter".
A second discovery, which is listed under IC 4338 , was made on April 20, 1897 by Lewis A. Swift . He described them as “vL, eF, C [sic] E n & s; in field with 5334. AF st close to each end of major axis. See note ”and also noted“ This is a remarkable object. I have never seen one just like it. It resembles an elliptical planetary nebula. The light is evenly diffused, and the limb sharp as a planet. Strange, Sir William Herschel missed it, being so near his III 665. Munich 9619 is nf 121 seconds ”.