NGC 5626
| Galaxy NGC 5626 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 29 m 49.1 s |
| declination | -29 ° 44 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022983 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 6890 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(303 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.0 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5626 • PGC 51794 • ESO 447-008 • MCG -05-34-015 • 2MASX J14294908-2944544 • SGC 142652-2931.6 • GC 3893 • h 3571 • NVSS J142949-294454 • LDCE 1068 NED001 | |
NGC 5626 is a 13.1 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 / a in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 303 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 30, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "eF, R, 20 arcseconds".