NGC 5812
| Galaxy NGC 5812 |
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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 55.7 s |
| declination | -07 ° 27 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | (6571 ± 7) · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | (1970 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.7 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 5, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5812 • UGCA 398 • PGC 53630 • MCG -01-38-16 • 2MASX J15005570-0727263 • GC 4024 • H I 71 • h 3587 • | |
NGC 5812 is an elliptical galaxy of type E0 and lies in the constellation Libra . It is around 87 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered by William Herschel on March 5, 1785 .