NGC 5608
| Galaxy NGC 5608 |
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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 23 m 17.9 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 46 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002212 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 663 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(34 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (10.43 ± 0.74) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5608 • UGC 9219 • PGC 51396 • CGCG 220-012 • MCG + 07-30-009 • IRAS F14213 + 4200 • GC 3876 • H II 673 • h 1801 • | |
NGC 5608 is a 13.4 likes bright irregular galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is estimated to be 34 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on April 9, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "" F, pL, E, vlbM ".