NGC 5340
| Galaxy NGC 5340 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 48 m 59.9 s |
| declination | + 72 ° 39 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035988 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 10,789 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(489 ± 34) · 10 6 Lj (149.9 ± 10.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5340 • PGC 49012 • CGCG 336-022 • MCG + 12-13-13 • 2MASX J13485986 + 7239140 • | |
NGC 5340 is a 14.7 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Little Bear . It is estimated to be 489 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on May 6, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5340. SIMBAD, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- NGC 5340. DSO Browser, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5340. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 14, 2016 .