NGC 5891
| Galaxy NGC 5891 |
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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 16 m 13.4 s |
| declination | -11 ° 29 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB: (rs?) Bc II-III |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 142 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010611 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | (3181 ± 26) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(141 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.3 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | June 12, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5891 • PGC 54491 • MCG -02-39-15 • IRAS 15134-1118 • | |
NGC 5891 is a 14.2 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Libra .
It was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on June 12, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5891. SIMBAD, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- NGC 5891. DSO Browser, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5891. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 11, 2016 .