NGC 5908
| Galaxy NGC 5908 |
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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 16 m 43.2 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 24 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.3 '× 1.4' |
| Position angle | 154 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 395 |
| Redshift | 0.011028 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (3306 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(154 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.3 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5908 • UGC 9805 • PGC 54522 • CGCG 274-039 • MCG + 09-25-41 • IRAS 15153 + 5535 • 2MASX J15164322 + 5524332 • GC GC 4085, GC 4088 • H II-760 • LDCE 1103 NED007 | |
NGC 5908 is a Sb-type spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco and approximately 154 million light years from the Milky Way.
The galaxy was discovered on May 5, 1788 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel .
NGC 5908 group ( LGG 395 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 5908 | PGC 54522 | 154 |
| NGC 5874 | PGC 54018 | 146 |
| NGC 5876 | PGC 54110 | 153 |
| NGC 5820 | PGC 53511 | 155 |
| NGC 5821 | PGC 53532 | 157 |
| NGC 5905 | PGC 54445 | 158 |
| PGC 54154 | UGC 9759 | 159 |