NGC 5582

NGC 5582
SDSS image of NGC 5582
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Boötes
Right ascension	14^h 20^m 43.12^s[1]
Declination	+39° 41′ 36.9″[1]
Redshift	0.004810[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1439 ± 9 km/s[2]
Distance	91.49 ± 0.46 Mly (28.05 ± 0.14 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.61[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.0[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)	−20.94[1]
Characteristics
Type	E3-4[2]
Other designations
UGC 9188, MCG +07-29-063, PGC 51251[2]

NGC 5582 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 29, 1788.^[4]

References

1. "Results for object NGC 5582 (NGC 5582)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
2. "NGC 5582". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
3. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5550 - 5599". cseligman.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.

External links

• Media related to NGC 5582 at Wikimedia Commons