NGC 5757
Galaxy data from NGC 5757 |
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Libra |
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 |
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 .