NGC 5486
| Galaxy NGC 5486 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 07 m 24.9 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 06 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) w |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 373 |
| Redshift | 0.004637 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1390 +/- 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (20.7 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5486 • UGC 9036 • PGC 50383 • CGCG 272-031 • MCG + 09-23-038 • IRAS 14056 + 5520 • GC 3795 • H II 801 • | |
NGC 5486 is a 13.3 mag bright spiral-shaped Low Surface Brightness Galaxy of the Hubble-type Sm in the constellation Great Bear . It is estimated to be 68 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on May 2, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, cL".