Astronomy:NGC 5486
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
| NGC 5486 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5486 | |
| Observation data | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 14h 07m 24.58s[1] |
| Declination | +55° 06′ 6.41″ |
| Redshift | 0.004563 ± 0.000017 |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.4[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Irregular galaxy |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.3′ × 1.5′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 5486, UGC 09036, PGC 050383 | |
NGC 5486 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major 110 million light-years from Earth.[3]
The galaxy is considered a member of the NGC 5485 group (LGG 373).
It was discovered on 2 May 1785 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope, who described it as "F, cL" (faint, considerably large)[4] in his catalogues of nebulae.[5][6]
External links
- "NGC 5486" (in en). SIMBAD. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%205486.
- "NGC 5486" (in en). DSO Browser. http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/5486.
References
- ↑ "Hubble spies a meandering spiral" (in en). https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw2310a/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+5486&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ Gianopoulos, Andrea (2023-03-08). "Hubble Spots a Star-Forming Spiral". http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-spots-a-star-forming-spiral.
- ↑ Herschel, William (1786). "Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S.". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 76: 457–499. ISSN 0261-0523. Bibcode: 1786RSPT...76..457H. https://www.jstor.org/stable/106639.
- ↑ Auke Slotegraaf (2016-03-09). "NGC 5486" (in en). Deep Sky Observer's Companion. http://www.docdb.net/show_object.php?id=ngc_5486.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5450 - 5499". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc54a.htm#5486.
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