NGC 5380
| Galaxy NGC 5380 |
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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 56.7 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 36 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 364 |
| Redshift | 0.010584 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | (3173 +/- 23) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(145 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.5 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5380 • UGC 8870 • PGC 49605 • CGCG 191-021 • MCG + 06-31-028 • GC 3718 • H II 698 • h 1714 • LDCE 1021 NED004 | |
NGC 5380 is a 12.2 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation of the Hounds and about 145 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 16, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope, who described it as "F, S, R, vsmbM".