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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
rG
Redshift
z = 0.003224090872714136
Morphology
Egas
Coordinates
RA 209.0302° · Dec 5.2547°
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Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
13 56 07.2
Declination
+05 ° 15 ′ 17 ″
Redshift
0.003799 ± 0.000017
Heliocentric radial velocity
1,139 ± 5 km / s
Distance
63.6 ± 13 Mly (19.5 ± 4.1 Mpc )
Type
I0? /S0
Apparent size v
4.1 ′ × 2.6 ′
Notable features
LINER , spiral dust disk

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5363 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It is located at a distance of circa 65 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 5363 is about 100,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on January 19, 1784. It is a member of the NGC 5364 Group of galaxies, itself one of the Virgo III Groups strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 5363” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.