NGC 5836
Galaxy NGC 5836 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Little Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 14 h 59 m 31.0 s |
declination | + 73 ° 53 ′ 36 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (rs) b |
Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
Position angle | 45 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.023903 ± 0.000073 |
Radial velocity | (7166 ± 22) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(327 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.4 ± 7.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | March 16, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5836 • UGC 9664 • PGC 53554 • CGCG 337-026 • MCG + 12-14-16 • 2MASX J14593099 + 7353358 • GC 4037 • H III 312 • |
NGC 5836 is a 13.9 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB (rs) b in the constellation Little Bear in the northern sky , which is an estimated 327 million light-years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 16, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, vS, lE, 2 very small stars in it".