NGC 5596
| Galaxy NGC 5596 |
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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 28.7 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 07 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 378 |
| Redshift | 0.010414 +/- 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 3122 +/- 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(143 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.9 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5596 • UGC 9208 • PGC 51355 • CGCG 192-007 • MCG + 06-32-10 • KUG 1420 + 373 • Mrk 470 • GC 3865 • H III 418 • h 1795 • LDCE 1052 NED007 | |
NGC 5596 is a 13.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Bootes and about 143 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on May 1, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, stellar".