NGC 5445
| Galaxy NGC 5445 |
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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 | 14 h 03 m 31.5 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 01 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 27 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 370 |
| Redshift | 0.013012 ± 0.00007 |
| Radial velocity | (3901 ± 22) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(177 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (54.4 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5445 • UGC 8976 • PGC 50090 • CGCG 191-042 • MCG + 06-31-055 • 2MASX J14033149 + 3501304 • GC 3757 • H III 413 • h 1742 • LDCE 1021 NED012 | |
NGC 5445 is a 13.0 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 177 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5440 , NGC 5441 , NGC 5444 , among others .
The object was discovered on May 1, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF".