NGC 5759
| Galaxy NGC 5759 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 47 m 14.8 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 27 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028019 |
| Radial velocity | 8400 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(377 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.5 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 7, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5759 • UGC 9525 • PGC 52797 • CGCG 076-044 • MCG + 02-38-12 • IRAS 14448 + 1339 • LDCE 1082 NED003 | |
NGC 5759 is a 14.3 likes bright irregular galaxy of Hubble type I in the constellation Bootes and about 377 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It has a strong gravitational interaction with the non-NGC object PGC 200319 and was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 7, 1880 .
Web links
- NGC 5759. SIMBAD, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- NGC 5759. DSO Browser, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5759. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 19, 2016 .