NGC 5464

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Galaxy
NGC 5464
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Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 07 m 04.4 s
declination -30 ° 01 ′ 02 ″
Appearance
Morphological type IB (s) m? / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 85 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 375  
Redshift 0.008970 +/- 0.000022  
Radial velocity (2689 +/- 7) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(115 ± 8)  x  10 6  ly
(35.3 ± 2.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date March 30, 1835
Catalog names
NGC  5464 • PGC  50356 • ESO  446-G011 • MCG  -05-33-045 • IRAS  14041-2946 • GC  3775 • h  3556 • LDCE 1045 NED001

NGC 5464 is a 12.7 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type SB m in the constellation Hydra and 115 million light-years from the Milky Way center.

It was discovered on March 30, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflecting telescope, which noted "pF, S, R, pslbM, 15 arcseconds".

NGC 5464 group ( LGG 375 )

Galaxy Alternative name Distance / million Lj
NGC 5464 PGC 50356 115
NGC 5494 PGC 50732 111
PGC 50799 ESO 446-031 113

Web links

  • NGC 5464. SIMBAD, accessed March 6, 2016 .
  • NGC 5464. DSO Browser, accessed March 6, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 5464
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman
  5. Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5464. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 6, 2016 (English).