NGC 5345
| Galaxy NGC 5345 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 54 m 14.2 s |
| declination | -01 ° 26 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) a pec: / HII / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 176 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023970 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 7186 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(319 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (97.8 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5345 • UGC 8820 • PGC 49415 • CGCG 017-094 • MCG + 00-35-026 • IRAS 13516-0111 • 2MASX J13541422-0126111 • GC 3686 • H II 686 • h 1693 • GALEX ASC J135414.27-012612.5 • LDCE 1010 NED003 | |
NGC 5345 is a 12.5 likes bright active spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 319 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy IC 4338 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 15, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “pB, S, mbM”.