NGC 5784
| Galaxy NGC 5784 |
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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 16.4 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 33 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017912 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | (5370 ± 16) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(245 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.1 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5784 • UGC 9592 • PGC 53265 • CGCG 221-009 • MCG + 07-31-06 • IRAS 14524 + 4245 • GC 4008 • H II 676 • h 1887 • | |
NGC 5784 is a 12.4 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Bootes and about 245 million light years away from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on April 9, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, vS, stellar".