NGC 5744
| Galaxy NGC 5744 |
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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 46 m 38.4 s |
| declination | -18 ° 30 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008856 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2655 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(116 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.5 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5744 • PGC 52761 • ESO 580-23 • MCG -03-38-07 • IRAS 14438-1818 • SGC 144108-1816.3 • | |
NGC 5744 is a 13.4 mag bright spiral-shaped Low Surface Brightness Galaxy with pronounced emission lines of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Libra .
It was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 . Some catalogs list an alternative candidate for NGC 5744 (PGC 52612).
Web links
- NGC 5744. SIMBAD, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- NGC 5744. DSO Browser, accessed April 17, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5744. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 17, 2016 .