NGC 5933
Galaxy NGC 5933 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Bear keeper |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 15 h 27 m 01.6 s |
declination | + 48 ° 36 ′ 48 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | E0 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
Position angle | 33 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.036253 ± 0.000200 |
Radial velocity | (10,868 ± 60) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(492 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (150.8 ± 10.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | April 21, 1887 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5933 • PGC 55117 • CGCG 249-024 • MCG + 08-28-34 • 2MASX J15270149 + 4836474 • |
NGC 5933 is a 14.8 may bright elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Bootes . It is estimated to be 492 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 21, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5933. SIMBAD, accessed May 16, 2016 .
- NGC 5933. DSO Browser, accessed May 16, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5933. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 16, 2016 .