NGC 5864
Galaxy NGC 5864 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 15 h 09 m 33.5 s |
declination | + 03 ° 03 ′ 10 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^? sp |
Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 68 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 393 |
Redshift | 0.006288 ± 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | (1885 ± 4) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(85 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (26.1 ± 1.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | May 27, 1786 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5864 • UGC 9740 • PGC 54111 • CGCG 049-015 • MCG + 01-39-02 • GC 4056 • H II 585 • h 1907 • LDCE 1076 NED043 |
NGC 5864 is an 11.9 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type SB0 in the constellation of Virgo and about 85 million light-years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 27, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope, who described it as "F, S, iE, resolvable".