NGC 5843
| Galaxy NGC 5843 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | wolf |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 07 m 27.9 s |
| declination | -36 ° 19 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014010 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (4200 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.2 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 3, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5843 • PGC 53996 • ESO 387-004 • MCG -06-33-13 • IRAS 15043-3608 • 2MASX J15072789-3619385 • SGC 150419-3608.2 • GC 4040 • h 3592 • | |
NGC 5843 is a 12.3 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBb in the constellation Wolf at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on May 3, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "vF, R, comparebM, 20 arcseconds" and "eF, E, vlbM, resolvable, 15 arcseconds long" for two observations.