NGC 5582
| Galaxy NGC 5582 |
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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 20 m 43.1 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 41 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E4 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004770 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1430 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.8 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 29, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5582 • UGC 9188 • PGC 51251 • CGCG 220-003, 219-070 • MCG + 07-29-63 • GC 3854 • H II 754 • h 1786 • | |
NGC 5582 is a 11.5 may bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Bootes and about 68 million light-years from the milk road.
It was discovered on April 29, 1788 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, pL, R, FN".