NGC 5479
| Galaxy NGC 5479 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 05 m 57.3 s |
| declination | + 65 ° 41 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031999 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 9593 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(435 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (133.4 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 11, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5479 • PGC 50282 • CGCG 317-016 • MCG + 11-17-19 • 2MASX J14055741 + 6541264 • | |
NGC 5479 is a 14.3 may bright, elliptical galaxy with active galaxies core from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Small bear on northern sky . It is an estimated 435 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 11, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 5479. SIMBAD, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- NGC 5479. DSO Browser, accessed March 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5479. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 6, 2016 .