NGC 5400
| Galaxy NGC 5400 |
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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 | 14 h 00 m 37.2 s |
| declination | -02 ° 51 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') S0 ^ -? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 0.9' |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024807 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 7437 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(330 ± 23) · 10 6 ly (101.3 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| diameter | 115,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5400 • PGC 49869 • MCG + 00-36-08 • 2MASX J14003719-0251281 • GC 3756 • H III 667 • | |
NGC 5400 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is around 330 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 115,000 light years .
The object was discovered on April 15, 1787 by William Herschel.
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