NGC 5374
| Galaxy NGC 5374 |
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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 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 |
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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 |