NGC 5401
| Galaxy NGC 5401 |
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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 59 m 43.4 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 14 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012532 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 3757 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(171 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.4 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5401 • UGC 8916 • PGC 49810 • CGCG 191-028 • MCG + 06-31-40 • GC 3737 • H III 412 • h 1725 • LDCE 1021 NED008 | |
NGC 5401 is a 13.7 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hounds and about 171 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 1, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, vS".