NGC 5978
| Galaxy NGC 5978 |
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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 42 m 27.2 s |
| declination | -13 ° 14 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024357 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | (7302 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(326 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.9 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | June 10, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5978 • PGC 55838 • MCG -02-40-02 • LDCE 1143 NED002 | |
NGC 5978 is a 14.0 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Libra and about 326 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on June 10, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5978. SIMBAD, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5978. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5978. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 .