NGC 5805
| Galaxy NGC 5805 |
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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 57 m 11.9 s |
| declination | + 49 ° 37 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | ? |
| Radial velocity | ? km / s |
| distance | ? pc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1854 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5805 • PGC 53435, 84390 • MCG + 08-27-39 • KUG 1454 + 498 • GC 4020 • | |
NGC 5805 is a 15.0 mag compact galaxy of the Hubble-type C in the constellation Bear Keeper .
It was discovered on April 3, 1854 by RJ Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons .
Modern information that equates this galaxy with PGC 53381 has turned out to be incorrect on the basis of the sketches of the starry sky made by Mitchell.
Web links
- NGC 5805. SIMBAD, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- NGC 5805. DSO Browser, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5805. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 26, 2016 (English).