NGC 5441
| Galaxy NGC 5441 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 03 m 12.0 s |
| declination | -34 ° 41 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013159 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3945 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(179 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (55.0 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5441 • PGC 50057 • MCG + 06-31-53 • IRAS F14010 + 3455 • KUG 1401 + 349 • 2MASX J14031203 + 3441040 • GC 3755 • h 1740 • SIG 2124 • HOLM 576B | |
NGC 5441 is a 15.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is an estimated 179 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 ly. Together with NGC 5440 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 576 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5399 , NGC 5444 , NGC 5445 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 11, 1828 .
Web links
- NGC 5441. SIMBAD , accessed March 6, 2016 .
- NGC 5441. DSO Browser, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5441. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English).