NGC 5359

Summary

NGC 5359 is a star cluster^[1]. NGC 5359 has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 5359 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 5359's image is recorded as NGC 5359 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 5359's instance of is recorded as star cluster^[5].
• NGC 5359's constellation is recorded as Circinus^[6].
• NGC 5359's catalog code is recorded as NGC 5359^[7].
• NGC 5359's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 2194^[8].
• NGC 5359's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1835-05-17T00:00:00Z^[9].
• NGC 5359's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+2500'}^[10].
• NGC 5359's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12182my5^[11].
• NGC 5359's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 5359^[12].
• NGC 5359's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 5359^[13].
• NGC 5359's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+210.025'}^[14].
• NGC 5359's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-70.383'}^[15].
• NGC 5359's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[16].
• NGC 5359's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.06'}^[17].
• NGC 5359's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.48'}^[18].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 5359 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 5359 has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]