NGC 5384

Summary

NGC 5384 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered on May 8, 1864, by the astronomer Albert Marth.[4] It is located about 250 million light-years (79.21 megaparsecs) away.[3]

NGC 5384
SDSS image of NGC 5384
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension13h 58m 12.850s[1]
Declination+06° 31′ 04.80″[1]
Redshift0.01699[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity5050 ± 3 km/s[2]
Distance258.3 ± 18.2 Mly (79.21 ± 5.57 Mpc)[3]
Characteristics
TypeS0[3]
Apparent size (V)0.617 × 0.419[2]
Other designations
UGC 8886, MCG +01-36-008, PGC 49707[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c d "NGC 5384". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  3. ^ a b c "Results for object NGC 5384 (NGC 5384)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  4. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5300 - 5349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.

External links edit

  •   Media related to NGC 5384 at Wikimedia Commons