NGC 5849
| Galaxy NGC 5849 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 06 m 50.7 s |
| declination | -14 ° 38 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 poss. LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023850 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | (7150 ± 33) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(318 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (97.5 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5849 • PGC 53962 • MCG -02-38-35 • LDCE 1108 NED004 | |
NGC 5849 is a 13.9 mag bright lenticular galaxy with an active galaxy core (LINER type) of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Libra and about 318 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on June 6, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5849. SIMBAD, accessed May 1, 2016 .
- NGC 5849. DSO Browser, accessed May 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5849. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 1, 2016 (English).