NGC 5885

{{Short description|Barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Libra}} {{Infobox galaxy |image=NGC5885 - SDSS DR14.jpg |name=NGC 5885 |epoch=J2000 |ra=15h 15m 03s |dec=-10° 05{{prime}} 09{{pprime}} |sbrightness=23.37 mag/arcsec<sup>2</sup> |constellation name=[[Libra (constellation)|Libra]] |caption=NGC 5885 as seen by the [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] (SDSS) |z=0.006671 |h_radial_v=2,000 [[kilometer per second|km/s]] |type=SAB(r)c |dist_ly=105 [[light year|Mly]] (32.23 [[Megaparsec|Mpc]]) |size=3.5' x 3.1' |appmag_v=11.8 |appmag_b=12.3 |names=[[IRAS]] 15123-0954, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 54429, [[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MCG]] -02-039-013}}

'''NGC 5885''' is an intermediate [[barred spiral galaxy]] located in the [[Libra (constellation)|constellation Libra]]. Its speed relative to the [[cosmic microwave background]] is 2,185 ± 13 km/s, which corresponds to a [[Hubble's law|Hubble distance]] of 32.3 ± 2.3 Mpc (~105 million ly).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=By Name {{!}} NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+5885&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}</ref> NGC 5885 was discovered by German-British [[astronomer]] [[William Herschel]] in 1784.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5850 - 5899 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc58a.htm |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=cseligman.com}}</ref>

The [[Stellar classification|luminosity class]] of NGC 5885 is III and it has a broad HI line. It also contains regions of [[Hydrogen ion|ionized hydrogen]].<ref name=":0" /> 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 (astronomy)|magnitude]] lower than that of the [[Night sky|ambient night sky]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Data from revised NGC and IC Catalogue by Wolfgang Steinickle, NGC 5800 to 5899 |url=https://astrovalleyfield.ca/AstronomieCompl/NGC%20et%20autres/WolfgangS/N5800_exc_web.htm |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=astrovalleyfield.ca}}</ref>

To date, 11 non-[[redshift]] measurements yield a distance of 22.055 ± 5.687 Mpc<ref>{{Cite web |title=HyperLeda -object description |url=http://atlas.obs-hp.fr/hyperleda/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%205885 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=atlas.obs-hp.fr}}</ref> (~71.9 million ly),<ref>{{Cite web |title=NED Query Results for NGC 5875 |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+5875 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}</ref> 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 Extragalactic Database|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]]

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== External links == * [https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC_5885&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES NGC 5885] at NASA/IPAC * [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?protocol=html&Ident=NGC_5885&bibdisplay=none NGC 5885] at [[SIMBAD]] * [http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC_5885 NGC 5885] at [[Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database|LEDA]]

[[Category:Spiral galaxies]] [[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]] [[Category:Libra (constellation)]] [[Category:NGC objects|5885]] [[Category:Discoveries by William Herschel]] [[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1784]] [[Category:Low surface brightness galaxies]]