NGC 5854
| Galaxy NGC 5854 |
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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 07 m 47.7 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 34 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 393 |
| Redshift | 0.005547 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1663 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(75 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (23.0 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5854 • UGC 9726 • PGC 54013 • CGCG 049-009 • MCG + 01-39-001 • GC 4050 • H II 544 • h 1903 • LDCE 1076 NED042 | |
NGC 5854 is a 11.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Virgo and about 75 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on February 24, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, vS".