NGC 5938
| Galaxy NGC 5938 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Southern triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 36 m 26.3 s |
| declination | -66 ° 51 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 2.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011709 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | (3510 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(150 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (46.1 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5938 • PGC 55582 • ESO 99-7 • IRAS 15317-6641 • 2MASX J15362626-6651350 • SGC 153147-6641.6 • GC 4107 • h 3605 • | |
NGC 5938 is a 10.9 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Southern Triangle .
It was discovered on June 9, 1836 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflecting telescope, who said “F, S, among a crowd of milky way stars. No doubt ias to its nebulous character. All that is starry in field is clearly resolved "noted.