NGC 5889
| Galaxy NGC 5889 |
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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 13 m 15.7 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 19 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.043163 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | (12940 ± 15) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(584 ± 41) · 10 6 Lj (178.9 ± 12.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Stoney |
| Discovery date | April 25, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5889 • PGC 54317 • IRAS F15114 + 4130 • GC 4070 • | |
NGC 5889 is a 15.4 mag light barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Bear Guardian .
It was discovered on April 25, 1851 by Bindon Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 5889. SIMBAD, accessed May 9, 2016 .
- NGC 5889. DSO Browser, accessed May 9, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5889. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 9, 2016 (English).