NGC 5628
| Galaxy NGC 5628 |
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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 28 m 25.8 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 55 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019257 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 5773 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(260 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.6 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5628 • UGC 9278 • PGC 51699 • CGCG 104-033 • MCG + 03-37-19 • | |
NGC 5628 is a 13.7 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Bootes and about 260 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Édouard Stephan on May 6, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5628. SIMBAD, accessed March 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5628. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 20, 2016 (English).