NGC 5886
Galaxy NGC 5886 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
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 |
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 .