NGC 5768
| Galaxy NGC 5768 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 52 m 07.9 s |
| declination | -02 ° 31 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006545 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (1962 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.7 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5768 • UGC 9564 • PGC 53089 • CGCG 020-026 • MCG + 00-38-09 • IRAS 14495-0219 • GC 3998 • H III 373 • | |
NGC 5768 is a 12.8 likes bright spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic and about 87 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on April 14, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, just north of a small star".