NGC 5373

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Galaxy
NGC 5373
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 57 m 07.4 s
declination + 05 ° 15 ′ 07 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc / SF  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 174 °
Surface brightness 12.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.039699 +/- 0.000091  
Radial velocity 11901 +/- 27 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(531 ± 37)  ·  10 6  ly
(162.7 ± 11.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date May 8, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  5373 • PGC  49620 • CGCG  046-014 • IRAS  F13545 + 0529 • GC  5752 •

NGC 5373 is a 14.0 likes bright, compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Virgo . It is around 531 million light years from the Milky Way .

It was discovered by Albert Marth on May 8, 1864 .

Web links

  • NGC 5373. SIMBAD, accessed February 22, 2016 .
  • NGC 5373. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5373. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2016 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5373
  3. Seligman