NGC 5383
| Galaxy NGC 5383 |
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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 57 m 05.0 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 50 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) b: / pec / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 2.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 363 |
| Redshift | 0.007572 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (2270 +/- 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(105 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.3 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5383 • UGC 8875 • PGC 49618 • CGCG 219-033 • MCG + 07-29-023 • IRAS 13550 + 4205 • KUG 1355 + 420 • 2MASX J13570498 + 4150456 • GC 3723 • H I 181 • h 1717 • LDCE 1006 NED015 | |
NGC 5383 is a bar-spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SB (rs) b: in the constellation Hounds . It is estimated to be 105 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 ly in diameter.
The galaxy was discovered on April 9, 1787 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch mirror telescope and was later listed by Johan Dreyer in his New General Catalog .
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
NGC 5383 group ( LGG 363 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 5383 | PGC 49618 | 105 |
| NGC 5337 | PGC 49275 | 100 |
| NGC 5353 | PGC 49356 | 107 |
| NGC 5362 | PGC 49464 | 101 |