NGC 5341
| Galaxy NGC 5341 |
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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 31.9 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 49 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 164 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 366 |
| Redshift | 0.012172 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (3649 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(166 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.0 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1857 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5341 • UGC 8792 • PGC 49285 • CGCG 190-069 • 191-002 • MCG + 06-31-002 • IRAS 13503 + 3803 • KUG 1350 + 380 • 2MASX J13523191 + 3749028 • GC 3690 • GALEX ASC J135231.93 + 374901.4 | |
NGC 5341 is a 13.6 mag bar -spiral shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is an estimated 166 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5349 , NGC 5351 , IC 4339 , IC 4340 .
The object was discovered on March 24, 1857 by R. J. Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 5341. SIMBAD, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- NGC 5341. DSO Browser, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5341. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 14, 2016 .