NGC 5794
| Galaxy NGC 5794 |
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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 55 m 53.6 s |
| declination | + 49 ° 43 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013913 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | (4171 ± 39) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(192 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (58.9 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5794 • UGC 9610 • PGC 53378 • CGCG 248-027 • MCG + 08-27-32 • 2MASX J14555357 + 4943341 • GC 4014 • h 1891 • LDCE 1092 NED001 | |
NGC 5794 is a 13.6 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S? in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky and about 192 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by John Herschel on May 13, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 5794. SIMBAD, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- NGC 5794. DSO Browser, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5794. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 23, 2016 (English).