NGC 5360
| Galaxy NGC 5360 / IC 958 |
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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 55 m 38.7 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 59 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | I0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 362 |
| Redshift | 0.003906 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (1171 +/- 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(51 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (15.7 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5360 • IC 958 • UGC 8838 • PGC 49513 • CGCG 046-003 • MCG + 01-36-001 • | |
NGC 5360 = IC 958 is a 13.7 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 51 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 25,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5317 , NGC 5348 , NGC 5356 , NGC 5363 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on May 8, 1864 . Lewis A. Swift , probably without knowing the existence of NGC 5360 , described the galaxy during an observation on April 19, 1890 with “eeeF, pS, iR; seen only by glimpses “, it was added to the index catalog as IC 958 .
Web links
- NGC 5360. SIMBAD, accessed February 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5360. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5360. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2016 (English).