NGC 5809
| Galaxy NGC 5809 |
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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 52.3 s |
| declination | -14 ° 09 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a: sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009427 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (2826 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(125 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (38.2 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 5, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5809 • PGC 53624 • MCG -02-38-25 • IRAS 14581-1358 • 2MASX J15005234-1409546 • GC 4023 • h 3586 • LDCE 1099 NED001 | |
NGC 5809 is a 13.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Libra at the northern sky , an estimated 125 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered on June 5, 1836 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, S, E, glbM".