Q618400
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Right ascension
- 13 39 55.9561
- Declination
- −31 ° 38 ′ 24.364 ″
- Redshift
- 407 ± 3 km/ s
- Distance
- 10.9 ± 0.6 Mly (3.33 ± 0.17 Mpc )
- Type
- Im pec
- Size
- 27,300 ly (8.37 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 5.0 ′ × 1.9 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 4.0
- Image
- A Peculiar Compact Blue Dwarf Galaxy.jpg
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- catalog code
- SUMSS J133955-313827
- galaxy morphological type
- Impec
- redshift
- 0.001348
- Commons category
- NGC 5253
- time of discovery or invention
- 1787-03-15
- apparent magnitude
- 8.287
- right ascension
- 204.9832917
- declination
- -31.6400306
- radial velocity
- 403
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NGC 5253 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. It was discovered by William Herschel on 15 March 1787.
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