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EntityQ1121701· pop 32· linked from 355 articles

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Lupus
Right ascension
14 32 40.7
Declination
−44 ° 10 ′ 28 ″
Redshift
1199 ± 2 km / s
Distance
41 Mly (12.5 Mpc )
Type
SAB(rs)c
Size
21.09 kpc (68,800 ly ) ( diameter; D 25 isophote )
Apparent size v
4.6 ′ × 4.0 ′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5643 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Lupus. Based on the tip of the red-giant branch distance indicator, it is located at a distance of about 40 million light-years (12.5 megaparsecs). NGC 5643 has an active galactic nucleus and is a type II Seyfert galaxy.

Observation history

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1121701” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.