NGC 5863
| Galaxy NGC 5863 |
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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 10 m 48.3 s |
| declination | -18 ° 25 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014223 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (4264 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(189 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (57.8 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5863 • PGC 54160 • ESO 581-22 • MCG -03-39-001 • 2MASX J15104835-1825515 • SGC 150758-1814.5 • | |
NGC 5863 is a circular bar- shaped spiral galaxy of the Hubble type "SBa" in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 189 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly. a. the galaxy IC 4536 .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .