NGC 5371
| Galaxy NGC 5371 |
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| Spiral galaxy NGC 5371 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 55 m 39.942 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 27 ′ 42.33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.2 ′ × 3.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5371 group LGG 361 |
| Redshift | 0.008533 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 2558 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(118 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.2 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5371, 5390 • UGC 8846 • PGC 49514 • CGCG 219-029 • MCG + 07-29-020 • IRAS 13535 + 4042 • H II 716 • h 1707, 1718 • LDCE 1006 NED014 • WISEA J135539.93 + 402742.2 | |
NGC 5371 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc with an active galaxy core in the constellation Hounds . It is estimated to be 118 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years in diameter. It is namesake and the brightest galaxy in the NGC 5371 group ( LGG 361 ).
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5353 , NGC 5354 , NGC 5355 , NGC 5358 .
The Type IIn supernova SN 1994Y was observed here.
The object was discovered on January 14, 1788 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, L, iR, FN, mbM, 4 or 5 'diameter". This observation is listed as NGC 5371 . During his observation on March 18, 1831, John Herschel noted: “F, L, vgbM; has a * 9m, nf, 4 arcmin dist. ”, this led to the second entry in the catalog under NGC 5390 .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Aladin Lite
- NGC 5371. DSO Browser, accessed February 23, 2016 .