NGC 5393
| Galaxy NGC 5393 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 00 m 32.0 s |
| declination | -28 ° 52 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) a / pec: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020077 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 6019 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(264 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (80.9 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5393 • PGC 49863 • ESO 445-87 • MCG -05-33-35 • IRAS 13576-2838 • 2MASX J14003201-2852283 • GC 3729 • h 3550 • | |
NGC 5393 is a 13.1 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Hydra . It is estimated to be 264 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 30, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "vF, R, glbM, 25 arcseconds".