NGC 5659
| Galaxy NGC 5659 |
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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 31 m 06.1 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 21 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 43 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 383 |
| Redshift | 0.014944 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 4480 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(203 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.2 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 22, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5659 • UGC 9342 • PGC 51875 • CGCG 133-082 • MCG + 04-34-44 • IRAS F14288 + 2534 • GC 3919 • h 1831 • LDCE 1061 NED014 | |
NGC 5659 is a 14.1 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Bear Keeper and about 203 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by John Herschel on May 22, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5659. SIMBAD, accessed March 29, 2016 .
- NGC 5659. DSO Browser, accessed March 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5659. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 29, 2016 (English).