NGC 5425
| Galaxy NGC 5425 |
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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 47.7 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 26 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sd / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 372 |
| Redshift | 0.006918 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 2074 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(97 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (29.8 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 16, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5425 • UGC 8933 • PGC 49889 • CGCG 247-002 • MCG + 08-26-01 • IRAS 13588 + 4841 • 2MASX J14004767 + 4826378 • LDCE 1043 NED004 | |
NGC 5425 is a 13.5 likes bright spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type Scd in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 97 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 5448 .
The type IIP supernova SN 2011ck was observed here.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 16, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 5425. SIMBAD, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- NGC 5425. DSO Browser, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5425. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 1, 2016 (English).