NGC 5406
| Galaxy NGC 5406 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 00 m 20.1 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 54 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017352 +/- 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | 5202 +/- 39 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(236 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.3 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5406 • UGC 8925 • PGC 49847 • CGCG 219-038 • MCG + 07-29-31 • IRAS 13582 + 3909 • GC 3740 • H II 699 • h 1728 • LDCE 1018 NED007 | |
NGC 5406 is a 12.3 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation of the Hounds and about 236 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on May 16, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope, who described it as “F, pL, R, lbM, 1.5 ′ diameter”.