NGC 5456
| Galaxy NGC 5456 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 04 m 58.9 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 52 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023840 +/- 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 7147 +/- 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(319 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (97.9 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 7, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5456 • UGC 9004 • PGC 50213 • CGCG 074-089 • MCG + 02-36-36 • GC 3769 • | |
NGC 5456 is a 13.0 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Bear Keeper . It is an estimated 319 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
The object was discovered on February 7, 1862 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 5456. SIMBAD, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- NGC 5456. DSO Browser, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5456. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English).