NGC 5369
| Galaxy NGC 5369 |
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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 37.6 s |
| declination | -05 ° 28 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 / S0-? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010214 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 3062 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(134 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (41.2 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5369 • PGC 49583 • 2MASX J13563762-0528114 • GC 3708 • H III 285 • h 1704 • GALEX ASC J135637.70-052811.7 • LDCE 1026 NED002 | |
NGC 5369 is a 13.4 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 134 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 5, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, vS".