NGC 5674
| Galaxy NGC 5674 |
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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 33 m 52.2 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 27 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABc / Sy1.9 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024931 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 7474 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(334 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.4 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5674 • UGC 9369 • PGC 52042 • CGCG 047-096 • MCG + 01-37-31 • IRAS 14313 + 0540 • 2MASX J14335228 + 0527298 • GC 3932 • H II 893 • h 1837 • 8ZW 434 | |
NGC 5674 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo . It is an estimated 334 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered on May 12, 1793 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7-inch reflector telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .