NGC 5746
| Galaxy NGC 5746 |
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![NGC 5746 [1] Liverpool Telescope](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5746_by_Goran_Nilsson_%26_The_Liverpool_Telescope.jpg)
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| NGC 5746 Liverpool Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 44 m 55.918 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 57 ′ 18.01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) b? / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 7.4 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5746 group LGG 386 |
| Redshift | 0.005751 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (1724 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(77 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (23.6 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5746 • UGC 9499 • PGC 52665 • CGCG 020-012 • MCG + 00-38-005 • IRAS 14424 + 0209 • 2MASX J14445600 + 0157170 • GC 3987 • H I 126 • h 1874 • HIPASS J1445 + 01 • LDCE 1076 NED026 • KPG 434B | |
NGC 5746 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is an estimated 77 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 170,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 5740 , it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy pair KPG 434 and together they are members of the NGC 5746 group ( LGG 386 ).
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5738 and IC 1054 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 1983P was observed here.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on February 24, 1786 .