Astronomy:NGC 5886
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Boötes
| NGC 5886 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5886 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 15h 12m 45.453s[1] |
| Declination | +41° 14′ 00.87″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.02784[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 8230 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 406.6 ± 28.5 Mly (124.66 ± 8.73 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.87[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E0[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
- ↑ 1.0 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. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 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.
- ↑ "Search specification: NGC 5886". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%205886. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ 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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