NGC 5774
| Galaxy NGC 5774 |
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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 42.4 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 34 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) d |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′ × 2.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 387 |
| Redshift | 0.005187 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (1555 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.4 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5774 • UGC 9576 • PGC 53231 • CGCG 048-057 • MCG + 01-38-013 • IRAS 14511 + 0347 • 2MASX J14534275 + 0334560 • KCPG 440A • LDCE 1076 NED031 | |
NGC 5774 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SAB (rs) d in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 70 million light-years from the Milky Way and shows itself to us in a face-on position. The edge-on galaxies NGC 5775 and IC 1070 are in close proximity .
The galaxy was discovered on April 26, 1851 by the astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney using his 72-inch mirror telescope Leviathan and later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .