NGC 5836
| Galaxy NGC 5836 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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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 |
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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".