NGC 5348
| Galaxy NGC 5348 |
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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 11.2 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 13 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 362 |
| Redshift | 0.004840 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1451 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(64 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.5 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lawrence Parsons |
| Discovery date | May 3, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5348 • UGC 8821 • PGC 49411 • CGCG 045-137 • MCG + 01-35-051 • IRAS F13516 + 0528 • 2MASX J13541125 + 0513379 • HIPASS J1354 + 05 • USGC U581 NED06 | |
NGC 5348 is a 13.4 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBBC in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 64 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5338 , NGC 5356 , NGC 5360 , NGC 5363 .
The object was discovered by Lawrence Parsons on May 3, 1877 .
Web links
- NGC 5348. SIMBAD , accessed February 14, 2016 .
- NGC 5348. DSO Browser, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5348. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 14, 2016 .