NGC 5850
| Galaxy NGC 5850 |
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| SDSS recording, angle of view 10 '× 10' | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 07 m 07.7 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 32 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.5 ′ × 3.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008526 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (2556 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(115 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.2 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5850 • UGC 9715 • PGC 53979 • CGCG 021-006 • MCG + 00-39-02 • IRAS 15045 + 0144 • GC 4047 • H II 543 • h 1902 • | |
NGC 5850 is a 10.8 mag light barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Libra and about 115 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on February 24, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F".