NGC 5738
| Galaxy NGC 5738 |
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![NGC 5738 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5738_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5738 SDSS image | |
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| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 43 m 56.371 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 36 ′ 15.02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005825 ± 0.000071 |
| Radial velocity | (1746 ± 21) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(78 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (23.9 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5738 • PGC 52614 • CGCG 020-004 • MCG + 00-38-002 • 2MASX J14435637 + 0136145 • GC 5774 • GALEX MSC J144356.32 + 013614.1 • WISEA J144356.36 + 013615.0 • LDCE 1076 NED024 • NSA 165468 | |
NGC 5738 is a 13.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo the northern sky . It is estimated to be 78 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light-years across. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with NGC 5740 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5725 , NGC 5746 , IC 1054 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 12, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5738. SIMBAD , accessed April 17, 2019 .
- NGC 5738. DSO Browser, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5738. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 17, 2016 .