NGC 5723
| Galaxy NGC 5723 |
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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 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 |
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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 .