NGC 5685
| Galaxy  NGC 5685  | 
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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 36 m 15.4 s | 
| declination | + 29 ° 54 ′ 30 ″ | 
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? | 
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag | 
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag | 
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.2 ′ | 
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² | 
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034611 +/- 0.000097 | 
| Radial velocity | 10376 +/- 29 km / s | 
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Stroke distance  v rad / H 0  | 
(467 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly (143.2 ± 10.0) Mpc  | 
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan | 
| Discovery date | May 11, 1883 | 
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5685 • UGC 9403 • PGC 52192 • CGCG 163-087 • MCG + 05-34-81 • | |
NGC 5685 is a 13.6 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E? in the constellation Bearkeeper .
It was discovered by Édouard Stephan on May 11, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5685. SIMBAD, accessed April 12, 2016 .
 - NGC 5685. DSO Browser, accessed April 12, 2016 .
 - Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5685. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 12, 2016 (English).