NGC 5688
| Galaxy NGC 5688 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | wolf |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 39 m 35.1 s |
| declination | -45 ° 01 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009340 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 2800 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(119 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.6 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5688 • PGC 52381 • ESO 272-22 • MCG -07-30-04 • IRAS 14363-4448 • SGC 143619-4448.3 • GC 3941 • h 3575, GC • LDCE 1074 NED002 | |
NGC 5688 is an 11.9 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Wolf and about 119 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on June 1, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "not vF, S, vgbM, 25 arcseconds, among stars".