NGC 5892
| Galaxy NGC 5892 |
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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 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 |
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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 .