NGC 5842
| Galaxy NGC 5842 |
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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 | 15 h 04 m 52.0 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 04 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034561 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | (10361 ± 40) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(466 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (142.9 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 11, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5842 • PGC 53831 • CGCG 135-005 • MCG + 04-36-03 • IRAS 15026 + 2115 • | |
NGC 5842 is a 14.3 mag bright compact radio galaxy of the Hubble type C in the constellation Bear Keeper .
It was discovered on May 11, 1882 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5842. SIMBAD, accessed May 1, 2016 .
- NGC 5842. DSO Browser, accessed May 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5842. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 1, 2016 (English).