NGC 5945
Galaxy NGC 5945 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 15 h 29 m 45.0 s |
declination | + 42 ° 55 ′ 07 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (rs) from LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
Position angle | 99 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.018423 ± 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | (5523 ± 6) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(253 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.5 ± 5.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Édouard Stephan |
Discovery date | June 12, 1880 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5945 • UGC 9871 • PGC 55243 • CGCG 222-017 • MCG + 07-32-017 • IRAS 15280 + 4305 • 2MASX J15294500 + 4255073 • LDCE 1129 NED004 |
NGC 5945 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky . It is classified as an Active Core Galaxy .
The object was discovered on June 12, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .