https://www.legacysurvey.org//viewer-dev/?ra=0.2421&dec=-25.0140&layer=ls-dr11-early&zoom=14
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I’m curious to know what it’s name is.
Didn’t you look it up in SIMBAD? See SIMBAD references.
LEDA 783590 is the galaxy’s name.
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No, and now that I’ve opened sinbad I’m not sure what it’s telling me. Mind walking me through it?
SIMBAD link gives:
| Basic data : | |
|---|---|
| LEDA 783590 – Galaxy | |
| Distance to the center arcsec: 0.53 | |
Other object types:  G (2022yCat,LEDA,…), ***** (Gaia) |
|
| ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) : 00 00 58.1207460951 -25 00 51.885640490 (Optical) [ 2.5384 2.4392 90 ] C 2020yCat.1350…0G | |
| FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) : 23 58 24.3132568746 -25 17 34.305649352 [ 2.5384 2.4392 90 ] | |
| Gal coord. (ep=J2000) : 040.6724548787119 -78.4765412822136 [ 2.5384 2.4392 90 ] | |
| Radial velocity / Redshift / cz : V(km/s) 17449 [~] / z(~) 0.0600 [~] / cz 17988 [~] | |
| D 2001MNRAS.328.1039C | |
| Angular size (arcmin): 0.31 0.23 84 (Opt) E 2003A&A…412…45P | |
| Fluxes (3) : B 17.947 [~] D 2001MNRAS.328.1039C | |
| R 17.078 [~] D 2001MNRAS.328.1039C | |
| G 20.392235 [0.010208] C 2022yCat.1355…0G |
This displays information on the galaxy and other objects outside the Solar System and it gives off magnitudes, diameters, references, and other astronomical data.
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Thank you for the brief tutorial!
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