NGC 5905
| Galaxy NGC 5905 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 15 m 23.3 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 31 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b; HII / Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.0 '× 2.6' |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 395 |
| Redshift | (0.011308 ± 0.000017) |
| Radial velocity | (3390 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(158 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.5 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5905 • UGC 9797 • PGC 54445 • CGCG 274-36 • MCG + 09-25-038 • IRAS 15140 + 5541 • 2MASX J15152332 + 5531015 • GC 4082, GC 4084 • H II 758 • LDCE 1103 NED006 | |
NGC 5905 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky , which is an estimated 158 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered on May 5, 1788 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- SEDS
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]