NGC 5770
| Galaxy NGC 5770 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 53 m 15.0 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 57 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 387 |
| Redshift | 0.004907 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1471 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(66 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.3 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 29, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5770 • UGC 9575 • PGC 53201 • CGCG 048-052 • MCG + 01-38-011 • GC 3999 • H II 576 • h 1881 • LDCE 1076 NED030 | |
NGC 5770 is a 12.2 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo and about 66 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on April 29, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, S, LE, like 2 stellar, joined closely".