NGC 5874
| Galaxy NGC 5874 |
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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 07 m 51.8 s |
| declination | + 54 ° 45 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 53 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 395 |
| Redshift | 0.010457 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (3135 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(146 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.9 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 11, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5874 • UGC 9736 • PGC 54018 • CGCG 274-020 • MCG + 09-25-024 • IRAS 15064 + 5456 • KUG 1506 + 549 • 2MASX J15075180 + 5445097 • NSA 150665 • LDCE 1103 NED003 | |
NGC 5874 is a 12.5 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBc in the constellation Bootes the northern sky . It is estimated to be 146 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 5826 , NGC 5862 , NGC 5876 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 11, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5874. SIMBAD , accessed May 9, 2016 .
- NGC 5874. DSO Browser, accessed May 9, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5874. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 9, 2016 (English).