NGC 5664

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Galaxy
NGC 5664 / IC 4455
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Constellation Libra
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 33 m 43.6 s
declination -14 ° 37 ′ 11 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sa / Sy2  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 30 °
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015157 ± 0.000023  
Radial velocity 4544 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(201 ± 14)  ·  10 6  ly
(61.5 ± 4.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Leavenworth
Discovery date June 6, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  5664 • IC  4455 • PGC  52033 • MCG  -02-37-08 • IRAS  14309-1424 • 2MASX  J14334360-1437109 •

NGC 5664 = IC 4455 is a 14.1 mag bright spiral Seyfert galaxy (type 2) of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 201 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter

The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on June 6, 1885 . The observation of DeLisle Stewart in July 1899 led to an entry in the index catalog under IC 4455 .

Web links

  • NGC 5664. SIMBAD, accessed March 29, 2016 .
  • NGC 5664. DSO Browser, accessed March 29, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5664. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on March 29, 2016 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5664
  3. Seligman