NGC 5716
| Galaxy NGC 5716 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 41 m 05.5 s |
| declination | -17 ° 28 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013860 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 4155 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.1 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5716 • PGC 52458 • MCG -03-37-04 • IRAS 14383-1715 • SGC 143819-1715.8 • GC 3968 • H III 671 • h 1860 • | |
NGC 5716 is a 13.0 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Libra .
It was discovered on May 7, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "cF, S, R, sp and joining two small stars".