NGC 5416
| Galaxy NGC 5416 |
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![NGC 5416 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5416_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5416 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 02 m 11.316 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 26 ′ 24.40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 486 |
| Redshift | 0.020814 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 6240 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(279 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.4 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5416 • UGC 8944 • PGC 49991 • CGCG 074-052 • MCG + 02-36-14 • IRAS 13597 + 0940 • GC 3744 • H III 56 • NVSS J140211 + 092625 • LDCE 1023 NED003 | |
NGC 5416 is a spiral-shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble-type Sc in the constellation Bear Keeper in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 279 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5409 , NGC 5423 , NGC 5424 , NGC 5431 .
The object was discovered on March 19, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, vS, E, r".