NGC 5886 explained

NGC 5886
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Boötes
Ra:	^[1]
H Radial V:	8230 km/s
Z:	0.02784
Dist Ly:	^[2]
Type:	E0
Appmag B:	14.87^[3]
Names:	^[4]

NGC 5886^[2] is an +14 magnitude elliptical galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was originally discovered by John Herschel in 1828^[5] with an reflector.

Notes and References

1. 10.1086/498708 . 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. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
2. Web site: Results for object NGC 5886 (NGC 5886). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2021-02-19.
3. Web site: Search specification: NGC 5886. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2021-02-19.
4. NGC 5886. 2021-02-19.
5. Web site: New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5850 - 5899. Seligman, Courtney. cseligman.com. 2021-02-19.