NGC 5886
SDSS image of NGC 5886
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationBoötes
Right ascension15h 12m 45.453s[1]
Declination+41° 14′ 00.87″[1]
Redshift0.02784[2]
Heliocentric 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 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 "NGC 5886". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. 1 2 3 "Results for object NGC 5886 (NGC 5886)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  4. ↑ "Search specification: NGC 5886". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5850 - 5899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
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