NGC 5790
| Galaxy NGC 5790 |
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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 57 m 35.8 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 17 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.036826 ± 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | (11,040 ± 49) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(494 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (151.6 ± 10.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5790 • UGC 9624 • PGC 53459 • CGCG 048-076, 076-110 • MCG + 01-38-22 • IRAS F14551 + 0829 • | |
NGC 5790 is a 14.0 mag bright lenticular radio galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky , it is an estimated 494 million light years away from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on May 16, 1884 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5790. SIMBAD, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- NGC 5790. DSO Browser, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5790. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 23, 2016 (English).