NGC 5790

{{Short description|Lenticular Galaxy in the Constellation Boötes}} {{Infobox galaxy |image=[[File:NGC5790 - SDSS DR14.jpg|300px]] |caption=NGC 5790 taken by [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] |name=NGC 5790 |constellation name=Boötes |ra={{RA|14|57|35.8100}}<ref name=NED/> |dec={{RA|+08|17|07.000}}<ref name=NED/> |epoch=J2000<ref name=NED/> |z=0.036914<ref name=NED/> |dist_ly=541 Mly (166 mpc) |h_radial_v=11,067 km/s |type=(R)SA0/a<ref name=NED/> |names= {{ odlist | PGC= 53459 | MCG= +01-38-22 | UGC= 9624 | LEDA= 53459 | name= Z 48-76 }} |appmag_v=15.1 |size=180,000 ly}}

'''NGC 5790''' is a [[lenticular galaxy]] located 541 million [[Light-year|light-years]] away in the [[Boötes]] constellation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5750 - 5799 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc57a.htm |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=cseligman.com}}</ref><ref name=NED>{{Cite web |title=By Name {{!}} NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+5790&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Astronomy |first=Go |title=NGC 5790 {{!}} galaxy in Bootes {{!}} NGC List {{!}} GO ASTRONOMY |url=https://www.go-astronomy.com/ngc.php?ID=6171 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=Go-Astronomy.com |language=en-US}}</ref> It was discovered on 16 May 1884 by French astronomer [[Édouard Stephan]]. The galaxy is approximately 180,000 light-years across.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=NED/> NGC 5790 is a type 2 [[Seyfert galaxy]] according to the [[SIMBAD]] database.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=NGC 5790 |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=simbad.u-strasbg.fr}}</ref>

== See also == * [[List of NGC objects (5001–6000)]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} {{WikiSky}}

[[Category:NGC objects|5790]] [[Category:Boötes]] [[Category:Unbarred lenticular galaxies]] [[Category:UGC objects|09624]] [[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1884]] [[Category:Discoveries by Édouard Stephan]]