NGC 5343
| Galaxy NGC 5343 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 54 m 11.7 s |
| declination | -07 ° 35 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0-? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008806 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 2640 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(115 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.3 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5343 • PGC 49412 • MCG -01-35-19 • GC 3685 • H II 308 • h 1692 • | |
NGC 5343 is a 12.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Virgo . It is estimated to be 114 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on March 5, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, S, iR, lbM".