NGC 5892
Galaxy NGC 5892 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Libra |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 15 h 13 m 48.2 s |
declination | -15 ° 27 ′ 50 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA (s) d / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 3.6 ′ × 2.9 ′ |
Position angle | 105 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.007622 ± 0.000013 |
Radial velocity | (2285 ± 4) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(100 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.8 ± 2.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Ormond Stone |
Discovery date | 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5892 • PGC 54365 • MCG -02-39-007 • IRAS 15109-1516 • 2MASX J15134821-1527492 • HIPASS J1513-15 • Fath 703 • LDCE 1114 NED002 |
NGC 5892 is a 12.0 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with stretched star formation from Hubble type SBCD in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 100 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light-years across. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5880 and NGC 5883 .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5892. SIMBAD , accessed May 11, 2016 .
- NGC 5892. DSO Browser, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5892. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 11, 2016 .