NGC 5799
| Galaxy NGC 5799 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bird of paradise |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 05 m 35.2 s |
| declination | -72 ° 25 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 +: pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 397 |
| Redshift | 0.010337 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | (3099 ± 43) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(131 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (40.2 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 4, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5799 • PGC 53875 • ESO 067-06 • IRAS 15005-7213 • 2MASX J15053518-7225583 • SGC 150032-7214.3 • GC 4017 • h 3584 • | |
NGC 5799 is a 13.4 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0-a in the constellation Bird of Paradise in the southern sky and is an estimated 131 million light-years away from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on April 4, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "eF, S, R, bM, 15 arcseconds".