NGC 5346
| Galaxy NGC 5346 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 53 m 01.9 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 34 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 158 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 361 |
| Redshift | 0.008402 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 2519 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(116 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (35.6 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 18, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5346 • UGC 8804 • PGC 49322 • CGCG 219-014 • MCG + 07-29-007 • KUG 1350 + 398 • 2MASX J13530191 + 3934498 • | |
NGC 5346 is a 13.9 mag bright spiral-shaped Low Surface Brightness Galaxy of the Hubble-type Sc in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is an estimated 116 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5326 , NGC 5337 , NGC 5353 , IC 4336 .
The object was discovered on May 18, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5346. SIMBAD, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- NGC 5346. DSO Browser, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5346. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 14, 2016 .