NGC 5482
| Galaxy NGC 5482 |
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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 08 m 30.7 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 55 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 88 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023683 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 7100 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(317 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (97.2 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5482 • UGC 9038 • PGC 50459 • CGCG 074-115 • MCG + 02-36-43 • 2MASX J14083072 + 0855548 • GC 3791 • H III 59 • LDCE 1042 NED009 | |
NGC 5482 is a 13.1 likes bright lenticular radio galaxy from the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Bootes the northern sky and about 317 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on March 19, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, S, verified with 240 power".