NGC 5772
| Galaxy NGC 5772 |
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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 51 m 38.9 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 35 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016345 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (4900 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(224 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.6 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5772 • UGC 9566 • PGC 53067 • CGCG 220-060, 221-003 • MCG + 07-31-01 • IRAS 14497 + 4048 • GC 4001 • h 1883 • LDCE 1089 NED001 | |
NGC 5772 is a 12.9 likes bright spiral Seyfert galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Bootes and about 224 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by John Herschel on May 12, 1828 .
Web links
- NGC 5772. SIMBAD, accessed April 21, 2016 .
- NGC 5772. DSO Browser, accessed April 21, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5772. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on April 21, 2016 (English).