NGC 5924
Galaxy NGC 5924 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Northern crown |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 15 h 22 m 02.0 s |
declination | + 31 ° 13 ′ 59 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sa? |
Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 12 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Abell 2067 |
Redshift | 0.031488 ± 0.000067 |
Radial velocity | (9440 ± 20) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(426 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (130.7 ± 9.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Édouard Stephan |
Discovery date | June 10, 1882 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5924 • PGC 54850 • CGCG 165-043 • MCG + 05-36-15 • |
NGC 5924 is a 14.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Corona Borealis and about 426 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on June 10, 1882 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5924. SIMBAD, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- NGC 5924. DSO Browser, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5924. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 11, 2016 .