NGC 5374
Galaxy NGC 5374 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 57 m 29.6 s |
declination | + 06 ° 05 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (r) bc? |
Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
Position angle | 54 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC-5374 group |
Redshift | 0.014617 +/- 0.000023 |
Radial velocity | (4382 +/- 7) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(195 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.7 ± 4.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | May 12, 1793 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5374 • UGC 8874 • PGC 49650 • CGCG 046-016 • MCG + 01-36-004 • IRAS 13549 + 0620 • 2MASX J13572962 + 0605487 • GC 3712 • H II 889 • h 1710 • LDCE 1019 NED001 |
NGC 5374 is a 12.7 mag bar -spiral shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Virgo . It is an estimated 195 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly. It is the namesake of a small group of galaxies .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5382 , NGC 5386 , NGC 5387 .
The object was discovered on May 12, 1793 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “pB, pL, R, just following a small star”.
NGC 5374 group ( LGG 368 )
Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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NGC 5374 | PGC 49650 | 195 |
NGC 5382 | PGC 49711 | 192 |
NGC 5384 | PGC 49707 | 227 |
NGC 5386 | PGC 49719 | 191 |
NGC 5417 | PGC 49995 | 218 |
NGC 5418 | PGC 49997 | 203 |
NGC 5434 | PGC 50077 | 207 |
PGC 49791 | UGC 8906 | 190 |