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Page last updated Jul 26, 2011
WORKING: Add positions/physical data (per Steinicke)
NGC 5300 (= PGC 48959)
Discovered (Feb 2, 1786) by William Herschel
A barred spiral galaxy (type SBc?) in Virgo (RA 13 48 15.9, Dec +03 57 02)
Above, a 3 arcmin wide closeup of NGC 5300
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy
NGC 5301
Discovered (Feb 11, 1787) by William Herschel
NGC 5302
Discovered (Mar 30, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 5303
Discovered (May 16, 1787) by William Herschel
NGC 5304
Discovered (Apr 10, 1885) by Lewis Swift (1-25)
The second IC adds (per Howe) "RA is 13 42 03, the star following is of 12th magnitude, position angle 160 degrees, distance 0.7 arcmin".
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NGC 5305
Discovered (Mar 17, 1787) by William Herschel
NGC 5306
Discovered (Mar 5, 1785) by William Herschel
NGC 5307
Discovered (Apr 15, 1836) by John Herschel
NGC 5308
Discovered (Mar 19, 1790) by William Herschel
NGC 5309
Discovered (Apr 27, 1887) by Edward Swift (6-60)
NGC 5310
Recorded (Apr 30, 1859) by Sidney Coolidge (17, HN 19)
A 13th-magnitude star in Virgo (RA 13 49 47.8, Dec +00 04 10)
NGC 5311
Discovered (Jan 14, 1788) by William Herschel
NGC 5312
Discovered (May 2, 1785) by William Herschel
NGC 5313
Discovered (Jan 14, 1788) by William Herschel
NGC 5314
Discovered (Apr 8, 1886) by Lewis Swift (3-74)
NGC 5315
Discovered (May 4, 1883) by Ralph Copeland
NGC 5316
Discovered (May 25, 1826) by James Dunlop (282)
NGC 5317 (= NGC 5364)
Discovered (Feb 2, 1786) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 5364)
Discovered (Apr 7, 1828) by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 5317)
An 11th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sbc pec) in Virgo (RA 13 56 11.9, Dec +05 00 56)
NGC 5318
Discovered (May 2, 1785) by William Herschel
NGC 5319
Discovered (Mar 27, 1856) by R. J. Mitchell
NGC 5320
Discovered (Apr 9, 1787) by William Herschel
NGC 5321
Discovered (Apr 29, 1827) by John Herschel
NGC 5322
Discovered (Mar 19, 1790) by William Herschel
NGC 5323
Discovered (Dec 20, 1797) by William Herschel
NGC 5324
Discovered (Mar 5, 1785) by William Herschel
NGC 5325
Discovered (Jun 14, 1885) by Lewis Swift (2-36)
NGC 5326
Discovered (Jan 14, 1788) by William Herschel
NGC 5327
Discovered (Apr 15, 1787) by William Herschel
NGC 5328
Discovered (May 5, 1793) by William Herschel
NGC 5329
Discovered (Apr 30, 1786) by William Herschel
NGC 5330
Discovered (Mar 25, 1887) by Lewis Swift (6-61)
NGC 5331
Discovered (May 13, 1793) by William Herschel
NGC 5332
Discovered (Mar 23, 1887) by Lewis Swift (6-62)
NGC 5333
Discovered (Jul 2, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 5334 (= IC 4338)
Discovered (Apr 15, 1787) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 5334)
Discovered (Apr 20, 1897) by Lewis Swift (and later listed as IC 4338)
An 11th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBc) in Virgo (RA 13 52 54.5, Dec -01 06 49)
NGC 5335
Discovered (Apr 9, 1828) by John Herschel
NGC 5336
Discovered (Apr 9, 1787) by William Herschel
NGC 5337
Discovered (Jan 14, 1788) by William Herschel
NGC 5338
Discovered (May 3, 1877) by Lawrence Parsons, 4th Lord Rosse
NGC 5339
Discovered (May 14, 1887) by Guillaume Bigourdan (II-70)
NGC 5340
Discovered (May 6, 1886) by Lewis Swift (3-75)
NGC 5341
Discovered (Mar 24, 1857) by R. J. Mitchell
A 13th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBd) in Canes Venatici (RA 13 52 32.1, Dec +37 49 01)
Above, a 2.4 arcmin wide closeup of NGC 5341
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy
NGC 5342
Discovered (Mar 19, 1790) by William Herschel
NGC 5343
Discovered (Mar 5, 1785) by William Herschel
NGC 5344
Discovered (May 6, 1886) by Lewis Swift (3-76)
NGC 5345
Discovered (Apr 15, 1787) by William Herschel
NGC 5346
Discovered (May 18, 1881) by Édouard Stephan (12b-57)
NGC 5347
Discovered (May 2, 1785) by William Herschel
NGC 5348
Discovered (May 3, 1877) by Lawrence Parsons, 4th Lord Rosse
NGC 5349
Discovered (Mar 24, 1857) by R. J. Mitchell
A 14th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBd) in Canes Venatici (RA 13 53 13.1, Dec +37 52 59)
Above, a 2.4 arcmin wide closeup of NGC 5349
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy; also shown is NGC 5351
Below, a closeup of the region between NGC 5349 and NGC 5351
(Image Credits: Teresa Hawes and Philip Darling/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF)
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