NGC 5928
| Galaxy NGC 5928 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 26 m 02.9 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 04 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015064 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | (4516 ± 18) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) x 10 6 ly (62.9 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 24, 1791 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5928 • UGC 9847 • PGC 55072 • CGCG 106-042 • MCG + 03-39-27 • 2MASX J15260290 + 1804253 • GC 4102 • H II 874 • h 1923 • | |
NGC 5928 is a 12.5 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Snake . It is an estimated 205 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on May 24, 1791 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, pL, iR, vgmbM".