NGC 5983
| Galaxy NGC 5983 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 42 m 45.6 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 14 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.041055 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | (12308 ± 32) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(553 ± 39) · 10 6 ly (169.4 ± 11.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5983 • UGC 9983 • PGC 55845 • CGCG 050-079 • MCG + 01-40-012 • 2MASX J15424560 + 0814279 • GALEX ASC J154245.76 + 081430.6 | |
NGC 5983 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation queue at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 553 million light years from the Milky Way and about 165,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .