NGC 5973
| Galaxy NGC 5973 |
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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 40 m 15.5 s |
| declination | -08 ° 36 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012185 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | (3653 ± 15) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(163 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.1 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | May 26, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5973 • PGC 55757 • IRAS 15375-0826 • GC 5785 • | |
NGC 5973 is a 14.4 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy with pronounced emission lines of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Libra . It is an estimated 163 million light years away from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by Albert Marth on May 26, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5973. SIMBAD, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5973. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5973. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).