NGC 5344
| Galaxy NGC 5344 |
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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 50 m 12.1 s |
| declination | + 73 ° 57 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 84 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030091 +/- 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 9021 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(410 ± 29) · 10 6 Lj (125.7 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5344 • PGC 49085 • CGCG 336-026 • 2MASX J13501205 + 7357108 • | |
NGC 5344 is a 14.7 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Little Bear . It is an estimated 410 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on May 6, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5344. SIMBAD, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- NGC 5344. DSO Browser, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5344. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 14, 2016 .