NGC 5539
| Galaxy NGC 5539 |
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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 17 m 37.8 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 10 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cD; BrClG |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1890 |
| Redshift | 0.058180 +/- 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 17442 +/- 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(779 ± 54) · 10 6 ly (238.9 ± 16.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5539 • PGC 51054 • CGCG 046-084 • MCG + 01-36-33 • GC 3828 • h 1767 • | |
NGC 5539 is a 14.6 mag bright cD galaxy in the constellation Bear Keeper and about 779 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by John Herschel on April 24, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5539. SIMBAD, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- NGC 5539. DSO Browser, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5539. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 13, 2016 (English).