NGC 5741
| Galaxy NGC 5741 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 45 m 51.7 s |
| declination | -11 ° 54 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 or S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026135 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | (7835 ± 39) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(348 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (106.8 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | June 12, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5741 • PGC 52718 • MCG -02-38-08 • 2MASX J14455173-1154507 • | |
NGC 5741 is a 13.6 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 348 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on June 12, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5741. SIMBAD, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- NGC 5741. DSO Browser, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5741. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 17, 2016 .