NGC 5797
| Galaxy NGC 5797 |
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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 24.0 s |
| declination | + 49 ° 41 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013269 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | (3978 ± 36) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(184 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.3 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 15, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5797 • UGC 9619 • PGC 53408 • CGCG 248-030 • MCG + 08-27-36 • 2MASX J14562406 + 4941457 • GC 4015 • H III 678 • h 1893 • LDCE 1092 NED002 | |
NGC 5797 is a 12.8 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Bear Guardian in the northern sky and 184 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on May 15, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who called it “Two. The preceding vS, vS. The following eF, eS ”. The second galaxy named is NGC 5804 .