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galaxy

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 5300 is referenced by 635 other articles, and connects out to list of stars in Virgo, Arp 240 and epoch.

Vinony files it under Intermediate spiral galaxies, NGC objects and Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects.

Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
13 48 16
Declination
+03 ° 57 ′ 03 ″
Redshift
1171 ± 6 km/ s
Type
SAB(r)c
Apparent size v
2.2 ′ × 1.4 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
17.5
Image
NGC 5300 GALEX.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 3713816546784214400
Commons category
NGC 5300
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1786-00-00
redshift
0.003906
galaxy morphological type
SABc
apparent magnitude
15.12
radial velocity
1170
right ascension
207.06682215076720
declination
3.95086383103230
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5300 is a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. 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.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 5300” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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