NGC 5881
| Galaxy NGC 5881 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 06 m 20.8 s |
| declination | + 62 ° 58 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021962 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | (6584 ± 26) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(301 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.3 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| diameter | 70,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5881 • IC 1100 • UGC 9729 • PGC 53920 • CGCG 318-014 • MCG + 11-18-025 • IRAS 15053 + 6310 • 2MASX J15062081 + 6258515 • GC 4065 • H II 818 • GALEX ASC J150620.77 + 625850.4 | |
NGC 5881 = IC 1100 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Scd in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 301 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light-years across.
The Type Ib Supernova SN 2011br was observed here.
The object was discovered on April 26, 1789 by William Herschel (listed as NGC ) and on June 22, 1889 by Lewis Swift ( listed as IC ).