NGC 5883
| Galaxy NGC 5883 |
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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 15 m 10.2 s |
| declination | -14 ° 37 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? (R?) 0o: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024747 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | (7419 ± 18) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(330 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.2 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Joseph Winlock |
| Discovery date | July 30, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5883 • PGC 54439 • MCG -02-39-014 • 2MASX J15151018-1437007 • NVSS J151510-143701 • LDCE 1108 NED009 | |
NGC 5883 is a 13.8 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 330 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 5878 , NGC 5880 , NGC 5892 .
The object was discovered by Joseph Winlock on July 30, 1867 .
Web links
- NGC 5883. SIMBAD , accessed May 9, 2016 .
- NGC 5883. DSO Browser, accessed May 9, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5883. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 9, 2016 (English).