Q1122569
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barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo
Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 14 44 55.918
- Declination
- +01 ° 57 ′ 18.011 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1728 ± 2 km/s
- Distance
- 99 Mly
- Group or cluster
- NGC 5746 Group (LGG 386)
- Type
- SAB(rs)b? edge-on
- Size
- ~194,300 ly (59.56 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 7.4 ′ × 1 ′ .
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 27.75
- Image
- NGC5746 by Goran Nilsson & The Liverpool Telescope.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 52665
- galaxy morphological type
- SBab
- radial velocity
- 1831
- redshift
- 0.005807
- Commons category
- NGC 5746
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-02-24
- apparent magnitude
- 6.878
- right ascension
- 221.2333542
- declination
- 1.9547389
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 5746 (also known as the Mini Sombrero Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy located in the eastern part of the constellation of Virgo. It was discovered on 24 February 1786 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. It is the lead member of the NGC 5746 Group of galaxies (also known as LGG 386), itself one of the Virgo III Groups strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.
Characteristics
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