NGC 5300

NGC 5300
NGC 5300
	NGC 5300 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	13h 48m 16s
Declination	+03° 57′ 03″
Redshift	1171 ± 6 km/s
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.6
Characteristics
Type	SAB(r)c
Apparent size (V)	2.2′ × 1.4′
Other designations
	UGC 8727, PGC 48959

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.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5300. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
^ "The Virgo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Retrieved 2010-11-27.

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