NGC 5364

spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo

Key facts

Constellation: Virgo
Right ascension: 13 56 12.004
Declination: +05 ° 00 ′ 52.06 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1267 ± 2 km/s
Distance: 54.5 ± 3.9 Mly (16.7 ± 1.2 Mpc )
Group or cluster: NGC 5364 Group (LGG 362)
Type: SA(rs)bc pec
Size: ~110,700 ly (33.94 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 6.1′ × 6.8′

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Wikidata facts

Constellation: Virgo
Distance from Earth: 17.34
Image: N5364s.jpg

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catalog code: LEDA 49555
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
Commons category: NGC 5364
time of discovery or invention: 1786-02-02
redshift: 0.004140
galaxy morphological type: SA(rs)bc pec
apparent magnitude: 7.802
right ascension: 209.0500167
declination: 5.0144611
radial velocity: 1393
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5364 is a grand design spiral galaxy located 54.5 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It is inclined to the line of sight from the Earth at an angle of 47° along a position angle of 25°. It is a member of the NGC 5364 Group of galaxies (also known as LGG 362), itself one of the Virgo III Groups strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies. The galaxies NGC 5364 and NGC 5360 are also listed together as Holm 557 in Erik Holmberg's A Study of Double and Multiple Galaxies Together with Inquiries into some General Metagalactic Problems, published in 1937.

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