NGC 5848
Galaxy NGC 5848 / NGC 5841 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
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 |
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).