NGC 5459
| Galaxy NGC 5459 |
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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 05 m 00.2 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 07 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017322 +/- 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 5193 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(232 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.2 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5459 • UGC 9005 • PGC 50215 • CGCG 074-090 • MCG + 02-36-37 • | |
NGC 5459 is a 13.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Bootes . It is an estimated 232 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on March 23, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5459. SIMBAD, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- NGC 5459. DSO Browser, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5459. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English).