NGC 5710

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Galaxy
NGC 5710
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Bear keeper
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 14 h 39 m 16.2 s
declination + 20 ° 02 ′ 37 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E1  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 153 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.030218 +/- 0.000103  
Radial velocity 9059 +/- 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(407 ± 28)  x  10 6  ly
(124.8 ± 8.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date April 20, 1792
Catalog names
NGC  5710 • UGC  9440 • PGC  52369 • CGCG  104-060 • MCG  + 03-37-32 • GC  3961 • H  III 895 • h  1856 •

NGC 5710 is a 13.0 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type "E1" in the constellation Bear Keeper .

It was discovered on April 20, 1792 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, vS".

Web links

  • NGC 5710. SIMBAD, accessed April 14, 2016 .
  • NGC 5710. DSO Browser, accessed April 14, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 5710
  3. Seligman
  4. Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5710. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on April 14, 2016 (English).