NGC 5443
| Galaxy NGC 5443 |
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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 02 m 11.8 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 48 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 '× 1.0' |
| Position angle | 34 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5485 group LGG 373 |
| Redshift | 0.006014 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | (1803 ± 8) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(86 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.4 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5443 • UGC 8958 • PGC 49993 • CGCG 272-020 • MCG + 09-23-026 • IRAS 14004 + 5603 • 2MASX J14021182 + 5548505 • GC 3758 • H II 799 • h 1743A • NSA 164414 • HOLM 578A • LDCE 1029 NED002 | |
NGC 5443 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 86 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5422 and NGC 5475 , among others .
The object was discovered on April 14, 1789 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch reflector telescope.
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