NGC 5885
| Galaxy NGC 5885 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 15 m 04.1 s |
| declination | -10 ° 05 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 3.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006671 ± 0.000004 |
| Radial velocity | (2000 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(89 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (27.2 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 9, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5885 • PGC 54429 • MCG -02-39-13 • IRAS 15123-0954 • GC 4067 • H III 116 • h 3595 • LDCE 1109 NED003 | |
NGC 5885 is a 11.8 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Libra and about 89 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on May 9, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, cL, nearly round, rather milky". During his observation with an 18-inch reflector telescope in 1847, John Herschel noted “pF, L, R, vgbM, 3 ′ diameter”.