NGC 5357
| Galaxy NGC 5357 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 55 m 59.5 s |
| declination | -30 ° 20 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 '× 1.4' |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 357 |
| Redshift | 0.016238 ± 0.000014 |
| Radial velocity | 4868 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(212 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.0 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| diameter | 104,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5357 • PGC 49534 • ESO 445-78 • MCG -05-33-032 • 2MASX J13555954-3020291 • GC 3697 • h 3546 • | |
NGC 5357 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Centaurus in the southern sky . It is around 212 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 light years .
The object was discovered on March 30, 1835 by John Herschel.