NGC 5879
| Galaxy NGC 5879 |
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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 09 m 46.7 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 00 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) bc :? / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.2 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5866 group LGG 396 |
| Redshift | 0.002575 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (772 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(41 ± 3) · 10 6 ly (12.6 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5879 • UGC 9753 • PGC 54117 • CGCG 297-004 • MCG + 10-22-001 • IRAS 15084 + 5711 • 2MASX J15094675 + 5700007 • GC 4064 • H II 757 • h 1910 • NSA 165958 • LDCE 1112 NED002 | |
NGC 5879 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type Sbc in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 41 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1099 .
The object was discovered on May 5, 1788 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel with the help of his 18.7-inch reflector telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .