NGC 5801
| Galaxy NGC 5801 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 00 m 25.9 s |
| declination | -13 ° 54 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? B? pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 51 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026915 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | (8069 ± 24) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(359 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (110.0 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| diameter | 90,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | June 10, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5801 • PGC 53596 • 2MASX J15002593-1354155 • | |
NGC 5801 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is around 359 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 light years . Together with NGC 5802 and NGC 5803, the object forms an interactive trio.
The galaxy was discovered on June 10, 1885 by Francis Leavenworth.