NGC 5757
| Galaxy data from NGC 5757 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 47 m 46.3 s |
| declination | -19 ° 04 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) b HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008929 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (2677 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(117 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (35.8 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 19, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5757 • PGC 52839 • ESO 580-G033 • MCG -03-38-14 • IRAS 14449-1852 • 2MASX J14474636-1904427 • GC 3994 • H III 690 • h 1876 • LDCE 1087 NED002 | |
NGC 5757 is a bar- type spiral galaxy of the SBb type and lies in the constellation Libra . The galaxy is an estimated 117 million light years from the Milky Way . The object was discovered by William Herschel on May 19, 1787 .