NGC 5780
| Galaxy NGC 5780 |
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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 54 m 22.7 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 56 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022896 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | (6864 ± 15) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(311 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.2 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5780 • PGC 53275 • CGCG 164-041 • MCG + 05-35-24 • IRAS F14522 + 2908 • LDCE 1085 NED003 | |
NGC 5780 is a 14.1 mag bright spiral starburst galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Bear Keeper and about 311 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on March 30, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5780. SIMBAD, accessed April 21, 2016 .
- NGC 5780. DSO Browser, accessed April 21, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5780. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on April 21, 2016 (English).