Astronomy:NGC 5886

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Boötes
NGC 5886
NGC5886 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 5886
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension 15h 12m 45.453s[1]
Declination+41° 14′ 00.87″[1]
Redshift0.02784[2]
Helio radial velocity8230 km/s[2]
Distance406.6 ± 28.5 Mly (124.66 ± 8.73 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.87[4]
Characteristics
TypeE0[3]
Other designations
PGC 54298[2]

NGC 5886[3] is an +14 magnitude elliptical galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was originally discovered by John Herschel in 1828[5] with an 18.7 inch reflector.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 5886". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5886. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Results for object NGC 5886 (NGC 5886)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%205886&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-19. 
  4. "Search specification: NGC 5886". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%205886. Retrieved 2021-02-19. 
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5850 - 5899". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc58a.htm#5886. Retrieved 2021-02-19. 

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