NGC 5587
| Galaxy NGC 5587 |
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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 22 m 10.7 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 55 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007682 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 2303 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(104 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.8 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5587 • UGC 9202 • PGC 51332 • CGCG 075-020 • MCG + 02-37-05 • IRAS F14197 + 1408 • GC 3857 • H III 110 • h 1787 • | |
NGC 5587 is a 12.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Bootes and about 104 million light years away from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on April 17, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, vS, lE, verified with 240 power".