NGC 5289

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Galaxy
NGC 5289
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 45 m 08.7 s
declination + 41 ° 30 ′ 12 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R) SABab: sp  
Brightness  (visual) 12.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 100 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 361  
Redshift 0.008426 +/- 0.000013  
Radial velocity 2526 + / 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(116 ± 8)  x  10 6  ly
(35.7 ± 2.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date April 9, 1787
Catalog names
NGC  5289 • UGC  8699 • PGC  48749 • CGCG  218-042 • MCG  + 07-28-58 • IRAS  13430 + 414 • GC  3644 • H  II 668 • h  1666 • LDCE 1006 NED001

NGC 5289 is a 12.9 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBab in the constellation hunting dogs and 116 million light-years from the Milky Way center.

It was discovered on April 9, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, E in the parallel, miniature of I.170".

Web links

  • NGC 5289. SIMBAD, accessed February 8, 2016 .
  • NGC 5289. DSO Browser, accessed February 8, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5289
  3. Seligman
  4. Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5289. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 8, 2016 (English).