NGC 5845
| Galaxy NGC 5845 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 15 h 06 m 00.8 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 38 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 392 |
| Redshift | 0.004910 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1472 ± 5) km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(66 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.3 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5845 • UGC 9700 • PGC 53901 • CGCG 020-059 • MCG + 00-38-024 • 2MASX J15060078 + 0138017 • GC 4042 • H III 511 • ARAK 468 | |
NGC 5845 is a Hubble-type E elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo, which is an estimated 66 million light years from the Milky Way . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5839 , NGC 5841 , NGC 5846 , NGC 5850 .
The object was discovered on February 24, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch reflector telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .
High-resolution image of the center of NGC 5845 using the Hubble space telescope
