NGC 5858
| Galaxy NGC 5858 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 08 m 49.1 s |
| declination | -11 ° 12 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E6 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007022 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | (2105 ± 19) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(93 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (28.5 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Holden |
| Discovery date | May 14, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5858 • PGC 54075 • MCG -02-39-02 • LDCE 1109 NED001 | |
NGC 5858 is a 12.8 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E6 in the constellation Libra and about 93 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Edward Holden on May 14, 1882 .
Web links
- NGC 5858. SIMBAD, accessed May 2, 2016 .
- NGC 5858. DSO Browser, accessed May 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5858. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 2, 2016 .