NGC 5862
| Galaxy NGC 5862 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 06 m 03.3 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 34 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029264 ± 0.000182 |
| Radial velocity | (8773 ± 55) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(399 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (122.2 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 11, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5862 • PGC 53900 • CGCG 274-015 • 2MASX J15060333 + 5534265 • | |
NGC 5862 is a 14.9 mag bright compact galaxy of the Hubble type C in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 399 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 5826 , NGC 5866 , NGC 5867 , NGC 5870 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on June 11, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5862. SIMBAD, accessed May 3, 2016 .
- NGC 5862. DSO Browser, accessed May 3, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5862. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 3, 2016 (English).