NGC 5773
| Galaxy NGC 5773 |
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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 30.4 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 48 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023246 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (6969 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(315 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.6 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5773 • UGC 9571 • PGC 53124 • CGCG 164-038 • MCG + 05-35-22 • 2MASX J14523041 + 2948259 • GC 4002 • H III 130 • h 1884 • LDCE 1085 NED002 | |
NGC 5773 is a 13.5 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Bootes the northern sky and about 315 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on May 16, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "Two, about 6 'distant, both eF, vS, R, verified with 240 power". The second named object is NGC 5771 .