NGC 5720
| Galaxy NGC 5720 |
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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 38 m 33.3 s |
| declination | + 50 ° 48 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025985 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (7790 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(354 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.4 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 24, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5720 • UGC 9439 • PGC 52328 • CGCG 273-017 • MCG + 09-24-25 • | |
NGC 5720 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Bootes and about 354 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
NGC 5720 was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 24, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5720. SIMBAD, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- NGC 5720. DSO Browser, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5720. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 17, 2016 (English).