NGC 5629
| Galaxy NGC 5629 |
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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 16.4 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 20 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / RET |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 383 |
| Redshift | 0.015004 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 4498 +/- 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(204 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.4 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5629 • UGC 9281 • PGC 51681 • CGCG 133-065 • MCG + 04-34-34 • GC 3895 • h 1812 • LDCE 1061 NED003 | |
NGC 5629 is a 12.1 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Bootes and about 204 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by John Herschel on May 6, 1831 .
Web links
- NGC 5629. SIMBAD, accessed March 21, 2016 .
- NGC 5629. DSO Browser, accessed March 21, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5629. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 21, 2016 (English).