NGC 5431
| Galaxy NGC 5431 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 03 m 07.1 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 21 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 51 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 486-019 |
| Redshift | 0.019887 ± 0.000233 |
| Radial velocity | 5962 ± 70 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(266 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.6 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | April 25, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5431 • PGC 50046 • CGCG 074-065 • MCG + 02-36-020 • 2MASX J14030713 + 0921473 • NSA 78562 • LDCE 1023 NED007 | |
NGC 5431 is a 14.3 likes bright galaxy from the Hubble type S? in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 266 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5423 , NGC 5424 , NGC 5434 , NGC 5437 , among others .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on April 25, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5431. SIMBAD , accessed March 1, 2016 .
- NGC 5431. DSO Browser, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5431. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 1, 2016 (English).