NGC 5356
| Galaxy NGC 5356 |
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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 58.4 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 20 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 'x 0.8' |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 362 |
| Redshift | 0.004583 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1374 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.5 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| diameter | 15000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 2, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5356 • UGC 8831 • PGC 49468 • MCG + 01-35-052 • IRAS 13524 + 0534 • GC 3696/3698 • H III 506 • h 1701 • | |
NGC 5356 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is around 60 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 15,000 light years .
The object was discovered on February 2, 1786 by William Herschel .