NGC 5943
| Galaxy NGC 5943 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 29 m 44.1 s |
| declination | + 42 ° 46 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018913 ± 0.000190 |
| Radial velocity | (5670 ± 57) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(259 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.5 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 18, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5943 • UGC 9870 • PGC 55242 • CGCG 222-016 • MCG + 07-32-16 • LDCE 1129 NED003 | |
NGC 5943 is a 13.8 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Bootes and about 259 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It is possibly also a quasar and was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 18, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 5943. SIMBAD, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5943. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5943. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).