NGC 5336
| Galaxy NGC 5336 |
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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 52 m 09.8 s |
| declination | + 43 ° 14 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 109 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 358 |
| Redshift | 0.007792 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2336 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(108 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (33.2 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5336 • UGC 8785 • PGC 49250 • CGCG 219-011, 218-066 • MCG + 07-29-03 • IRAS 13500 + 4329 • 2MASX J13520974 + 4314340 • GC 3682 • H II 670 • h 1690 • | |
NGC 5336 is a 12.8 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is estimated to be 113 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 9, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, pL".