NGC 5886
| Galaxy NGC 5886 |
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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 12 m 45.4 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 14 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027811 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (8338 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(378 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (116.0 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5886 • PGC 54298 • CGCG 221-036 • GC 4068 • h 1911 • | |
NGC 5886 is a 14.0 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation Bootes . It is an estimated 378 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by John Herschel on May 13, 1828 .
Web links
- NGC 5886. SIMBAD, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- NGC 5886. DSO Browser, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5886. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 11, 2016 .