NGC 5370
| Galaxy NGC 5370 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 54 m 09.4 s |
| declination | + 60 ° 40 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010197 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 3057 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(143 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.7 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5370 • UGC 8832 • PGC 49408 • CGCG 295-022 • MCG + 10-20-044 • 2MASX J13540935 + 6040406 • GC 3709 • H II 843 • h 1708 • NSA 028024 • LDCE 1017 NED001 | |
NGC 5370 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Greater Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 143 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 ly in diameter.
The Type Ia supernova SN 2010B was observed here.
The object was discovered on March 19, 1790 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7 inch mirror telescope and was later included in the New General Catalog by Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer .