NGC 5826
| Galaxy NGC 5826 / NGC 5870 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 06 m 33.8 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 28 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002746 ± 0.000082 |
| Radial velocity | (823 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(43 ± 3) · 10 6 ly (13.3 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5826, 5870 • UGC 9725 • PGC 53949 • CGCG 274-017 • MCG + 09-25-16 • IRAS 15053 + 5540 • | |
NGC 5826 = NGC 5870 is a 14.4 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation of Dragon and about 43 million light-years away from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on June 9, 1885 by Lewis A. Swift , who wrote “Star near; [GC] 4058 [= NGC 5866] in field “noted. With a right ascension error of almost 7 minutes he "discovered" her again two nights later, which led to the second entry in the catalog.