NGC 5902
| Galaxy NGC 5902 |
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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 14 m 22.4 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 19 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037026 ± 0.000207 |
| Radial velocity | (11100 ± 62) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(502 ± 35) · 10 6 Lj (154.0 ± 10.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5902 • PGC 54394 • CGCG 274-035 • MCG + 08-28-11 • GC 4080 • H III 737 • | |
NGC 5902 is a 13.2 mag bright galaxy with an active galaxy core (LINER type) of the Hubble type S? in the constellation Bearkeeper .
It was discovered on May 1, 1788 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, vS, stellar".