NGC 5848
| Galaxy NGC 5848 / NGC 5841 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 06 m 35.0 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 00 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + pec sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004150 ± 0.000051 |
| Radial velocity | (1244 ± 15) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(56 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.2 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5848, 5841 • PGC 53941 • CGCG 021-001 • MCG + 00-39-01 • GC 4046, 5777 • LDCE 1076 NED041 | |
NGC 5848 = NGC 5841 is a 13.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Virgo and about 56 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on May 6, 1862 by Heinrich d'Arrest (listed as NGC 5848 ); Albert Marth's observation on April 12, 1864 led to the second entry in the catalog under NGC 5841 .
Web links
- NGC 5848. SIMBAD, accessed May 1, 2016 .
- NGC 5848. DSO Browser, accessed May 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5841. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed May 1, 2016 (English).
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5848. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 1, 2016 (English).