NGC 5334

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Virgo
Right ascension: 13 52 54.479
Declination: −01 ° 06 ′ 52.035 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1386 ± 3 km/s
Distance: 80.2 ± 5.7 Mly (24.60 ± 1.75 Mpc )
Type: SB(rs)c
Size: ~142,300 ly (43.62 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 1.9 ′ × 1.3 ′

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Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Virgo
Distance from Earth: 21.4
Image: NGC 5334 WFPC2 450 555 675.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 3658848490178217856
time of discovery or invention: 1787-04-15
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
redshift: 0.00459
galaxy morphological type: SBcd
apparent magnitude: 11.651
right ascension: 208.22693028899740
declination: -1.11461143049070
parallax: 0.3736
radial velocity: 1373
epoch: J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion: -2.320
declination component of proper motion: -0.895
Commons category: NGC 5334

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5334 is a face-on barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1668 ± 20 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 80.2 ± 5.7 Mly (24.60 ± 1.75 Mpc). However, five non-redshift measurements give a distance of 108.68 ± 7.45 Mly (33.320 ± 2.283 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 15 April 1787. It was also observed by American astronomer Lewis Swift on 20 April 1897 and listed in the Index Catalogue as IC 4338.

NGC 5334 is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.

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