NGC 5837
| Galaxy NGC 5837 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 04 m 40.6 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 38 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028723 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | (8611 ± 32) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(387 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (118.6 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 19, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5837 • UGC 9686 • PGC 53817 • CGCG 076-144 • MCG + 02-38-36 • IRAS 15022 + 1249 • 2MASX J15044058 + 1238007 • | |
NGC 5837 is a 13.7 like light beam spiral radio galaxy from the Hubble type SB (s) b in the constellation Bootes north of the celestial equator , an estimated 387 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 19, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5837. SIMBAD, accessed April 28, 2016 .
- NGC 5837. DSO Browser, accessed April 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5837. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 28, 2016 .