NGC 5422
| Galaxy NGC 5422 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 00 m 42.0 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 09 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 152 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 373 |
| Redshift | 0.006131 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1838 +/- 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.8 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5422 • UGC 8935 • PGC 49874 • CGCG 272-016 • MCG + 09-23-24 • 2MASX J14004206 + 5509521 • GC 3749 • H I 230 • h 1736 • LDCE 1029 NED001 | |
NGC 5422 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 87 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5443 , NGC 5451 , NGC 5473 , NGC 5475 .
The object was discovered on April 14, 1787 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7-inch mirror telescope.