NGC 5788
| Galaxy NGC 5788 |
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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 53 m 17.0 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 02 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb (r) |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036918 ± 0.000160 |
| Radial velocity | (11068 ± 48) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(501 ± 35) x 10 6 ly (153.5 ± 10.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5788 • PGC 53189 • CGCG 273-032 • MCG + 09-24-49 • | |
NGC 5788 is a 14.9 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBb in the constellation Bootes .
Together with the galaxy NGC 5783, which is only about a fifth that distant, it forms an optical double galaxy and was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 21, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5788. SIMBAD, accessed April 21, 2016 .
- NGC 5788. DSO Browser, accessed April 21, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5788. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on April 21, 2016 (English).