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NGC 5885
NGC 5885 as seen by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Libra
Right ascension	15h 15m 03s
Declination	-10° 05′ 09″
Redshift	0.006671
Heliocentric radial velocity	2,000 km/s
Distance	105 Mly (32.23 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.8
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.3
Surface brightness	23.37 mag/arcsec
Characteristics
Type	SAB(r)c
Size	3.5' x 3.1'
Other designations
IRAS 15123-0954, PGC 54429, MCG -02-039-013

NGC 5885 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Libra. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 2,185 ± 13 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 32.3 ± 2.3 Mpc (~105 million ly). NGC 5885 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1784.

The luminosity class of NGC 5885 is III and it has a broad HI line. It also contains regions of ionized hydrogen. With a surface brightness equal to 14.39 mag/am2, we can qualify NGC 5885 as a low surface brightness galaxy (LSB). LSB galaxies are diffuse galaxies with a surface brightness less than one magnitude lower than that of the ambient night sky.

To date, 11 non-redshift measurements yield a distance of 22.055 ± 5.687 Mpc (~71.9 million ly), which is outside the distance values of Hubble. Note that it is with the average value of independent measurements, when they exist, that the NASA/IPAC database calculates the diameter of a galaxy and that consequently the diameter of NGC 5885 could be approximately 37, 5 kpc (~122,000 ly) if we used the Hubble distance to calculate it.

See also

• List of NGC objects (5001–6000)
• List of spiral galaxies
• New General Catalogue

References

1. ^ "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
2. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5850 - 5899". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
3. "Data from revised NGC and IC Catalogue by Wolfgang Steinickle, NGC 5800 to 5899". astrovalleyfield.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
4. "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
5. "NED Query Results for NGC 5875". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-06.

External links

• NGC 5885 at NASA/IPAC
• NGC 5885 at SIMBAD
• NGC 5885 at LEDA

v t e Constellation of Libra
List of stars in Libra Libra in Chinese astronomy
Stars	Bayer α α (Zubenelgenubi) β (Zubeneschamali) γ (Zubenelhakrabi) δ (Zuben Elakribi) ε ζ ζ ζ ζ η θ ι ι κ λ μ ν ξ ξ ο σ (Brachium) τ υ Flamsteed 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 16 17 18 22 23 26 28 30 36 37 41 42 47 48 49 50 30 Ser Variable HO KU KX HR 5455 HD 133112 133131 134439 134440 139139 140283 141569 141937 Other 2M1510 2MASS 1507−1627 Gliese 555 HE 1523-0901 WASP-57 WISE 1541−2250
Exoplanets 23 Librae b c γ Librae b c Gliese 581b c e WASP-189b
Star clusters NGC 5897
Galaxies	NGC 5605 5728 5792 5793 5861 5885 5890 5898 5917 Other AP IC 1059 IRAS 14348-1447 PKS 1510-089
Category

• Spiral galaxies
• Barred spiral galaxies
• Libra (constellation)
• NGC objects
• Discoveries by William Herschel
• Astronomical objects discovered in 1784
• Low surface brightness galaxies