NGC 5342
| Galaxy NGC 5342 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 51 m 25.8 s |
| declination | + 59 ° 51 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 152 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 360 |
| Redshift | 0.007302 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2189 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(103 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.7 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5342 • UGC 8776 • PGC 49192 • CGCG 295-020 • MCG + 10-20-41 • GC 3684 • H III 849 • h 1694 • LDCE 1005 NED004 | |
NGC 5342 is a 13.5 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Ursa Major . It is estimated to be 103 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on March 19, 1790 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, vS".