NGC 5860
| Galaxy NGC 5860 |
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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 06 m 33.8 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 38 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018006 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | (5398 ± 16) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(247 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.6 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5860 • UGC 9717 • PGC 53939 • CGCG 221-028 • MCG + 07-31-33 • IRAS 15047 + 4249 • Mrk 480 • GC 4054 • h 1906 • | |
NGC 5860 are two 13.2 mag bright lens-shaped galaxies of the Hubble type S0 + S0 in the constellation Bear Guardian . To a large extent, their interaction has already changed to “contact and penetration”.
They were discovered by John Herschel on April 17, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5860. SIMBAD, accessed May 2, 2016 .
- NGC 5860. DSO Browser, accessed May 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5860. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 2, 2016 (English).