NGC 5625
| Galaxy NGC 5625 |
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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 27 m 01.5 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / AGC |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 78 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025511 |
| Radial velocity | 7648 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(346 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.1 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 28, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5625 • PGC 51592 • CGCG 220-017 • MCG + 07-30-13 • IRAS 14250 + 4010 • VV 25 • GC 3892 • h 1810 • | |
NGC 5625 is a 14.0 mag bright spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Bear Keeper in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 346 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 28, 1827 .
Web links
- NGC 5625. SIMBAD , accessed March 21, 2016 .
- NGC 5625. DSO Browser, accessed March 21, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5625. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 21, 2016 (English).