NGC 5439
| Galaxy NGC 5439 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 01 m 57.7 s |
| declination | + 46 ° 18 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006291 +/- 0.000104 |
| Radial velocity | 1886 +/- 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(89 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (27.2 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5439 • UGC 8947 • PGC 49965 • CGCG 247-003 • MCG + 08-26-02 • IRAS 14000 + 4632 • 2MASX J14015766 + 4618425 • LDCE 1043 NED005 | |
NGC 5439 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is estimated to be 89 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 9, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5439. SIMBAD, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- NGC 5439. DSO Browser, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5439. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English).