NGC 5793

NGC 5793 is an active spiral galaxy located approximately 150 million light years away in the constellation Libra. It is classified as a seyfert galaxy and was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886.[3][4]

NGC 5793
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5793
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLibra
Right ascension 14h 59m 24s[1]
Declination−16° 41′ 36″[1]
Redshift0.011645[2]
Helio radial velocity9906 ± 6 km/s[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.32[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.47[1]
Characteristics
TypeSb: sp Sy2[2]
Other designations
NGC 5793, LEDA 49264, 2MASX J14592480-1641365[1]

In 2014, the Hubble Space Telescope examined and photographed NGC 5793.[3]

Seyfert galaxies such as NGC 5793 are known to house megamasers, these megamasers are capable of having a luminosity of thousands of times greater than the Sun.[3]

Neutral hydrogen has been detected against the galactic nucleus. This means that NGC 5793 has an estimated HI cloud size of ≈15 pc and an estimated atomic gas density size of ≈200 cm -3.[5]

See also

References
  1. "NGC 5793". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. "Secrets at the heart of NGC 5793". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5750 - 5799". New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5750 - 5799. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. Pihlström, Y.M; Conway, J.E; Booth, R.S; Diamond, P.J; Koribalski, B (November 1999). "VLBI observations of high-opacity HI gas in NGC 5793". New Astronomy Reviews. 43 (8–10): 647–650. Bibcode:1999NewAR..43..647P. doi:10.1016/S1387-6473(99)00071-8.
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