NGC 5358

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Galaxy
NGC 5358
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 54 m 00.4 s
declination + 40 ° 16 ′ 38 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 '× 0.3'
Position angle 138 °
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.008046 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity (2412 ± 5) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(111 ± 8)  x  10 6  ly
(34.1 ± 2.4)  Mpc 
diameter 40,000 ly
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date June 23, 1880
Catalog names
NGC  5358 • UGC  8826 • PGC  49389 • MCG  + 07-29-013 • HCG  68D •

NGC 5358 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is around 111 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 light years .
The galaxy is a member of the group of galaxies around NGC 5353 , also Hickson Compact Group 68 called.
The object was discovered on June 23, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 5358
  3. Seligman