NGC 5779
| Galaxy NGC 5779 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 52 m 09.5 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 53 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037991 ± 0.000190 |
| Radial velocity | (11,389 ± 57) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(515 ± 36) · 10 6 ly (158.0 ± 11.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5779 • PGC 53090 • CGCG 273-031 • MCG + 09-24-48 • 2MASX J14520952 + 5553581 • | |
NGC 5779 is a 15.2 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 515 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 9, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5779. SIMBAD, accessed April 21, 2016 .
- NGC 5779. DSO Browser, accessed April 21, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5779. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on April 21, 2016 (English).