NGC 5737
| Galaxy NGC 5737 |
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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 43 m 11.8 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 52 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031745 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (9517 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(427 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (131.0 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 20, 1792 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5737 • UGC 9488 • PGC 52582 • CGCG 105-007 • MCG + 03-37-39 • GC 3983 • H III 896 • h 1871 • | |
NGC 5737 is a 13.7 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Bear Guardian and about 427 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on April 20, 1792 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, S, vlbM".