NGC 5898
| Galaxy NGC 5898 |
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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 18 m 13.5 s |
| declination | -24 ° 05 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 2.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 398 |
| Redshift | 0.007078 ± 0.000014 |
| Radial velocity | (2122 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(92 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (28.3 ± 2.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 21, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5898 • UGCA 404 • PGC 54625 • ESO 514-002 • MCG -04-36-006 • 2MASX J15181355-2405526 • SGC 151517-2354.9 • GC 4076 • H III 138 • h 3597 • GALEX ASC J151813.65-240553.1 • LDCE 1117 NED002 | |
NGC 5898 is an 11.4 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 92 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 5903 , it probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 4538 .
The object was discovered together with NGC 5903 on May 21, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "Two, nearly parallel 7 'distant, Both vF, not vS, R." During an observation with an 18-inch reflector telescope in 1847, John Herschel noted "pB, R, pgbM, 15 arcseconds".