NGC 5419

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Galaxy
NGC 5419
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Constellation centaur
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 03 m 38.7 s
declination -33 ° 58 ′ 42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 10.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 11.9 likes
Angular expansion 4.1 ′ × 3.3 ′
Position angle 77 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013763 +/- 0.000050  
Radial velocity 4126 +/- 15 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(179 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(54.8 ± 3.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date June 8, 1837
Catalog names
NGC  5419 • PGC  50100 • ESO  384-G039 • MCG  -06-31-19 • SGC  140042-3344.3 • GC  3748 • h  3554 • LDCE 1024 NED027

NGC 5419 is a 10.9 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation Centaurus and 179 million light-years from the Milky Way center.

It was discovered by John Herschel on June 8, 1837 with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which, after three observations, “pretty bright, pretty large, round, gradually brighter in the middle; 50 arcseconds "," pretty bright, round, gradually much brighter in the middle; 25 arcseconds "and" pretty bright, pretty large, round, gradually pretty much brighter in the middle; 50 arcseconds ”.

Web links

  • NGC 5419. SIMBAD, accessed March 1, 2016 .
  • NGC 5419. DSO Browser, accessed March 1, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 5419
  3. Seligman
  4. Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5419. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 1, 2016 (English).