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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 5838 is referenced by 635 other articles, and connects out to list of stars in Virgo, Arp 240 and epoch.

Vinony files it under Lenticular galaxies, NGC objects and Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects.

Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.004556
Morphology
S_AB
Coordinates
RA 226.3594° · Dec 2.0993°
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Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
15 5 26.2
Declination
+2 ° 5 ′ 58 ″
Redshift
1359 ± 10 km/ s
Type
SA0
Apparent size v
4.2 ′ × 1.5 ′

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
21.77
Image
Ngc5838.jpg
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galaxy morphological type
E-S0
catalog code
LEDA 53862
Commons category
NGC 5838
time of discovery or invention
1786-02-24
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
redshift
0.004546
apparent magnitude
7.581
right ascension
226.3594667
declination
2.0993556
radial velocity
1427
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5838 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo, discovered by William Herschel in 1786. It is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 5838” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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