NGC 5415
| Galaxy NGC 5415 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 56 m 56.9 s |
| declination | + 70 ° 45 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029490 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 8841 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(402 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (123.2 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5415 • PGC 49610 • CGCG 336-032 • 2MASX J13565696 + 7045156 • | |
NGC 5415 is a 14.3 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Great Bear . It is estimated to be 402 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 8, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5415. SIMBAD, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- NGC 5415. DSO Browser, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5415. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 1, 2016 (English).