NGC 5542
| Galaxy NGC 5542 |
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![NGC 5542 & LEDA 1325360 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5542_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5542 & LEDA 1325360 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 53.2 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 33 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025991 ± 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | 7792 ± 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(348 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.7 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Stoney |
| Discovery date | March 6, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5542 • PGC 51066 • CGCG 046-085 • MCG + 01-36-034 • GC 3832 • | |
NGC 5542 is a 14.3 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Bear Keeper in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 348 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light-years across.
The galaxies NGC 5538 , NGC 5543 , NGC 5546 , NGC 5549 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 6, 1851 by Bindon Blood Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 5542. SIMBAD , accessed March 13, 2016 .
- NGC 5542. DSO Browser, accessed March 13, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5542. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 13, 2016 .