NGC 5653
| Galaxy NGC 5653 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 30 m 10.4 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 12 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (rs) b; HIILIRG |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 383 |
| Redshift | 0.011881 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (3562 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(162 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.8 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5653 • IC 1026 • UGC 9318 • PGC 51814 • CGCG 156-068 • MCG + 05-34-58 • IRAS 14280 + 3126 • 2MASX J14301041 + 3112558 • GC 3914 • H II 330 • h 1826 • GALEX ASC J143010.28 +311256.8 | |
NGC 5653 = IC 1026 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SABbc in the constellation Bear Keeper in the northern sky . It is around 162 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 13, 1785 by William Herschel (listed as NGC ) and on May 11, 1866 by Truman Safford ( listed as IC ).