NGC 5763
| Galaxy NGC 5763 |
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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 48 m 58.7 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 29 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.047570 ± 0.000170 |
| Radial velocity | (14,261 ± 51) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(639 ± 45) · 10 6 Lj (195.8 ± 13.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 22, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5763 • PGC 52905 • CGCG 076-064 • | |
NGC 5763 is a 14.2 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation Bearkeeper . It is estimated to be 639 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on May 22, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5763. SIMBAD, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- NGC 5763. DSO Browser, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5763. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 19, 2016 .