NGC 5769
| Galaxy NGC 5769 |
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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 52 m 41.5 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 55 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035418 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | (10,618 ± 37) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(476 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (145.8 ± 10.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Holden |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5769 • PGC 53145 • CGCG 048-047 • MCG + 01-38-08 • 2MASX J14524154 + 0755545 • | |
NGC 5769 is a 14.4 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Bootes the northern sky , an estimated 476 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
It was discovered by Edward Holden on April 27, 1881 .
Web links
- NGC 5769. SIMBAD, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- NGC 5769. DSO Browser, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5769. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 19, 2016 (English).