NGC 5498
| Galaxy NGC 5498 |
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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 11 m 04.5 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 41 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032095 +/- 0.000205 |
| Radial velocity | 9622 +/- 61 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(432 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (132.5 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 9, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5498 • UGC 9075 • PGC 50639 • CGCG 132-080, 133-003 • MCG + 04-33-43 • | |
NGC 5498 is a 14.3 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Bear Keeper . It is an estimated 432 million light years away from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on May 9, 1882 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5498. SIMBAD, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- NGC 5498. DSO Browser, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5498. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).