NGC 5409
| Galaxy NGC 5409 |
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![NGC 5409 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5409_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5409 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 01 m 46.083 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 29 ′ 25.01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (s) b / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 486 |
| Redshift | 0.020878 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 6259 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(279 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.6 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | April 25, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5409 • UGC 8938 • PGC 49952 • CGCG 074-044 • MCG + 02-36-09 • WISEA J140146.07 + 092925.1 • LDCE 1023 NED001 | |
NGC 5409 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky . It is an estimated 279 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5416 , NGC 5423 , NGC 5424 , NGC 5431 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2011is was observed here.
The object was discovered on April 25, 1883 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
- NGC 5409. SIMBAD , accessed March 1, 2016 .
- NGC 5409. DSO Browser, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5409. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 1, 2016 (English).