NGC 5853
| Galaxy NGC 5853 |
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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 05 m 53.3 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 31 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029794 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (8932 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(404 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (123.9 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 19, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5853 • UGC 9707 • PGC 53894 • CGCG 221-027 • MCG + 07-31-30 • IRAS 15039 + 3942 • | |
NGC 5853 is a 13.7 mag light barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Bear Guardian .
It was discovered on May 19, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5853. SIMBAD, accessed May 2, 2016 .
- NGC 5853. DSO Browser, accessed May 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5853. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 2, 2016 (English).