NGC 5353
| Galaxy NGC 5353 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| 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 26.7 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 16 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 68 |
| Redshift | 0.007755 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (2325 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(107 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.9 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| diameter | 70,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5353 • UGC 8813 • PGC 49356 • MCG + 07-29-010 • 2MASX J13532674 + 4016592 • HCG 68A • GC 3694 • H II 714 • h 1698 • | |
NGC 5353 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is around 107 million light years away from the solar system and has a diameter of around 70,000 light years . The galaxy forms an optical pair with NGC 5354 . NGC 5353 is in the foreground just over 10 million light years.
NGC 5353 is the eponymous part of a galaxy group also known as the Hickson Compact Group 68 . It includes the galaxies NGC 5311 , NGC 5313 , NGC 5350 , NGC 5355 and NGC 5358 .
The object was discovered on January 14, 1788 by William Herschel .