NGC 5723
Galaxy NGC 5723 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 14 h 38 m 57.9 s |
declination | + 46 ° 41 ′ 23 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E-S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
Position angle | 3 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.036399 ± 0.000170 |
Radial velocity | (10912 ± 51) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(493 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (151.1 ± 10.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | RJ Mitchell |
Discovery date | April 16, 1855 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5723 • PGC 52354 • CGCG 248-016 • MCG + 08-27-15 • GC 3973 • |
NGC 5723 is a 14.0 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Bear Guardian .
It was discovered on April 16, 1855 by RJ Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 5723. SIMBAD, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- NGC 5723. DSO Browser, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5723. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 17, 2016 .