NGC 5671
| Galaxy NGC 5671 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 27 m 42.0 s |
| declination | + 69 ° 41 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030074 +/- 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 9016 +/- 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(410 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (125.6 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1791 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5671 • UGC 9297 • PGC 51641 • CGCG 337-014 • MCG + 12-14-06 • IRAS 14268 + 6955 • GC 3929 • H III 882 • LDCE 1057 NED004 | |
NGC 5671 is a 13.4 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Little Bear and about 410 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 6, 1791 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, pL, R, bM".