NGC 5946
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Globular cluster NGC 5946 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Angle measure |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 35 m 28.6 s |
| declination | -50 ° 39 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Concentration class | IX |
| Brightness (visual) | 8.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ' |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| Redshift | 0.000399 |
| Radial velocity | 119.5 km / s |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5946 • IC 4550 • C 1531-504 • GCl 36 • ESO 224-SC 7 • Mel 134 • GC 4108 • h 3607 | |
NGC 5946 = IC 4550 is a type IX globular cluster in the constellation Winkel Maß (Norma) in the southern sky.
The object was discovered on May 8, 1826 by James Dunlop (listed as NGC ) and on May 24, 1898 by Lewis Swift ( listed as IC ).