NGC 5693
| Galaxy NGC 5693 |
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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 36 m 11.2 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 35 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) d |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 384 |
| Redshift | 0.007609 +/- 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 2281 +/- 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(107 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.9 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Stoney |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5693 • UGC 9406 • PGC 52194 • CGCG 248-011 • MCG + 08-27-06 • IRAS F14344 + 4848 • KUG 1434 + 488 • GC 3945 • | |
NGC 5693 is a 13.6 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Bear Keeper and about 107 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on April 13, 1850 by George Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 5693. SIMBAD, accessed April 12, 2016 .
- NGC 5693. DSO Browser, accessed April 12, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5693. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on April 12, 2016 (English).