NGC 5869
Galaxy NGC 5869 |
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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 49.4 s |
declination | + 00 ° 28 ′ 12 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
Position angle | 125 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 393 |
Redshift | 0.006955 ± 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | (2085 ± 4) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(94 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (28.7 ± 2.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | February 24, 1786 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5869 • UGC 9742 • PGC 54119 • CGCG 021-022 • MCG + 00-39-006 • GC 4061 • H II 545 • h 1908 • LDCE 1076 NED044 |
NGC 5869 is a 11.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo and about 94 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, S, iE, lbM".