NGC 5742
| Galaxy NGC 5742 |
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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 36.9 s |
| declination | -11 ° 48 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 73 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013339 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | (3999 ± 22) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(177 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (54.2 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | June 12, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5742 • PGC 52707 • MCG -02-38-07 • IRAS 14428-1135 • 2MASX J14453688-1148347 • | |
NGC 5742 is a 13.5 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB (r) 0 in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 177 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on June 12, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5742. SIMBAD, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- NGC 5742. DSO Browser, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5742. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 17, 2016 .