NGC 5673
| Galaxy NGC 5673 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 31 m 30.9 s |
| declination | + 49 ° 57 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc? sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 136 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 384 |
| Redshift | 0.006945 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 2082 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.2 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 15, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5673 • UGC 9347 • PGC 51901 • CGCG 247-039, 248-001 • MCG + 08-26-41 • IRAS F14297 + 5010 • GC 3931 • H II 696 • h 1838 • | |
NGC 5673 is a 12.9 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Bear Guardian and about 99 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 15, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, S, E".