NGC 5793
| Galaxy NGC 5793 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 59 m 24.7 s |
| declination | -16 ° 41 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb: sp / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 x 0.6 |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011645 ± 0.000220 |
| Radial velocity | (3491 ± 66) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(154 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.2 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Preserved Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5793 • PGC 53550 • MCG -03-38-38 • IRAS 14566-1629 • 2MASX J14592480-1641365 • | |
NGC 5793 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 154 million light years away from the Milky Way and is classified as a so-called Seyfert Galaxy.
The object was discovered in 1886 by the astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66 cm telescope.
Web links
- astronews.com: Picture of the day March 18, 2014
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database