NGC 5910
| Galaxy NGC 5910 |
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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 19 m 24.7 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 53 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.040878 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (12,255 ± 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(551 ± 38) · 10 6 Lj (168.9 ± 11.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5910 • PGC 54689 • CGCG 135-045 • MCG + 04-36-35 • HCG 74A • VV 139 • GC 4090 • H II 400 • | |
NGC 5910 is the brightest galaxy of a triplet, which also includes the double galaxy PGC 54688 ( Hubble type "E + E"). NGC 5910 is a 13.6 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E1, all three galaxies lie in the constellation Snake .
It was discovered on April 13, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, pL, easily resolvable".