NGC 5766
| Galaxy NGC 5766 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 53 m 09.5 s |
| declination | -21 ° 23 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 149 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011251 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | (3373 ± 15) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(148 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (45.3 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | July 8, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5766 • PGC 53186 • ESO 580-050 • MCG -03-38-024 • IRAS 14503-2111 • 2MASX J14530955-2123389 • SGC 145018-2111.4 • GALEX ASC J145309.52-212338.2 • LDCE 1080 NED007 | |
NGC 5766 is a 13.4 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBBC in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 148 million light years from the Milky Way and about 350,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on July 8, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5766. SIMBAD, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- NGC 5766. DSO Browser, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5766. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 19, 2016 .