NGC 5637
Galaxy NGC 5637 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 14 h 28 m 59.6 s |
declination | + 23 ° 11 ′ 29 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Scd |
Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 7 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.017502 +/- 0.000027 |
Radial velocity | 5247 +/- 8 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(237 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (72.6 ± 5.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5637 • UGC 9293 • PGC 51736 • CGCG 133-069 • MCG + 04-34-37 • IRAS 14267 + 2324 • KUG 1426 + 234 • GC 3903 • H II 357 • h 1819 • |
NGC 5637 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Bootes and about 237 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on April 10, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, S, iF, lbM".