NGC 5887
| Galaxy NGC 5887 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 14 m 44.0 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 09 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (s) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029345 ± 0.000091 |
| Radial velocity | (8797 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(393 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (120.5 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5887 • UGC 9779 • PGC 54416 • CGCG 021-056 • MCG + 00-39-12 • | |
NGC 5887 is a 14.3 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0-a in the constellation Snake . It is estimated to be 393 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on June 9, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5887. SIMBAD, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- NGC 5887. DSO Browser, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5887. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 11, 2016 .