NGC 5486

NGC 5486
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5486
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ursa Major
Right ascension	14h 07m 25.0s [1]
Declination	+55° 06′ 12″ [1]
Redshift	0.004563 ± 0.000017
Apparent magnitude  (V)	13.4 [1]
Characteristics
Type	SA(s)m [1]
Apparent size  (V)	2.3′ × 1.5′ [1]
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. ^[2]

The galaxy is considered a member of the NGC 5485 group (LGG 373),^{[ citation needed ]} and is near the much larger Pinwheel Galaxy. ^[3]

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". SIMBAD. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
• "NGC 5486". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2016-03-09.

References

1. "NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
2. Gianopoulos, Andrea (2023-03-08). "Hubble Spots a Star-Forming Spiral". NASA. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
3. "Hubble spies a meandering spiral". ESA Hubble. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
4. 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. Bibcode:1786RSPT...76..457H. ISSN   0261-0523. JSTOR   106639.
5. Auke Slotegraaf (2016-03-09). "NGC 5486". Deep Sky Observer's Companion.
6. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5450 - 5499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.