NGC 5872
| Galaxy NGC 5872 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 10 m 55.6 s |
| declination | -11 ° 28 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024947 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | (7479 ± 33) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(333 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.1 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Joseph Winlock |
| Discovery date | July 30, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5872 • PGC 54169 • MCG -02-39-05 • LDCE 1106 NED003 | |
NGC 5872 is a 13.8 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Libra removed and about 333 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Joseph Winlock on July 30, 1867 .
Web links
- NGC 5872. SIMBAD, accessed May 6, 2016 .
- NGC 5872. DSO Browser, accessed May 6, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5872. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 6, 2016 .