NGC 5366
| Galaxy NGC 5366 |
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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 56 m 24.8 s |
| declination | -00 ° 14 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) 0+? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029750 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 8919 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(397 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.6 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Bond |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1855 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5366 • PGC 49569 • CGCG 018-007 • MCG + 00-36-02 • IRAS 13538 + 0000 • 2MASX J13562484-0014514 • GC 5074 • LDCE 1014 NED002 | |
NGC 5366 is a 13.8 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type "S0-a" in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 377 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on June 8, 1855 by George Phillips Bond .
Web links
- NGC 5366. SIMBAD, accessed February 22, 2016 .
- NGC 5366. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5366. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2016 (English).
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database