NGC 5839
| Galaxy NGC 5839 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 02 m 27.5 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 38 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 392 |
| Redshift | 0.004069 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1220 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.9 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5839 • UGC 9693 • PGC 53865 • CGCG 020-058 • MCG + 00-38-023 • GC 4039 • H II 541 • LDCE 1076 NED038 | |
NGC 5839 is a 12.7 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo and about 55 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on February 24, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F".