Lenticular galaxy · Boötes
NGC 5629 NGC 5629 group
mag 12.21.7′ across
About
NGC 5629, the NGC 5629 group, is a lenticular galaxy of magnitude 12.2 in Boötes, about 1.7′ across.
How to find it
- NGC 5629 is in the constellation Boötes.
- Best evenings: around mid-June it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from north of 54° S.
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What you will see
- EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
- Binoculars (10×50)Too faint for binoculars.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)A bright lens-shaped glow with a starlike core.
For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.
Facts
| Designations | NGC 5629, PGC 51681, UGC 9281 |
|---|---|
| Type | Lenticular galaxy (S0) |
| Magnitude | 12.2The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Apparent size | 1.7′ × 1.6′the full Moon is 31′ across |
| Surface brightness | 23.1 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see. |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 28m 16.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +25° 50′ 56″ |
Sources and credits
Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →