NGC 5378
| Galaxy NGC 5378 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 56 m 51.0 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 47 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 364 |
| Redshift | 0.010147 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (3042 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(139 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (42.7 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5378 • UGC 8869 • PGC 49598 • CGCG 191-020 • MCG + 06-31-027 • 2MASX J13565101 + 3747494 • GC 3717 • h 1713 • GALEX MSC J135650.94 + 374751.1 • LDCE 1021 NED003 | |
NGC 5378 is a 12.5 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sba in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 139 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5380 , NGC 5394 , NGC 5395 , IC 4356 , among others .
The Type Ia supernova SN 1991ak was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 11, 1831 .
NGC 5378 group ( LGG 364 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 5378 | PGC 49598 | 139 |
| NGC 5380 | PGC 49605 | 145 |
| PGC 49237 | UGC 8778 | 149 |
Web links
- NGC 5378. SIMBAD , accessed February 22, 2016 .
- NGC 5378. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5378. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2016 .