NGC 5789
| Galaxy NGC 5789 |
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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 56 m 35.5 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 14 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sdm |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 388 |
| Redshift | 0.006041 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (1811 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(85 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (26.0 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 21, 1802 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5789 • UGC 9615 • PGC 53414 • CGCG 164-043 • MCG + 05-35-26 • IRAS 14545 + 3025 • GC 4011 • H III 976 • h 1890 • | |
NGC 5789 is a 13.4 mag light barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky , it is an estimated 85 million light years away from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on May 21, 1802 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, S, iF".