NGC 5926
| Galaxy NGC 5926 |
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![NGC 5926 & LEDA 54946 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5926_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5926 & LEDA 54946 SDSS Recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 23 m 24.9 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 42 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020644 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (6189 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(279 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.6 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 15, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5926 • PGC 54950 • CGCG 077-109 • MCG + 02-39-026 • IRAS 15210 + 1253 • Mrk 853 • NSA 166160 • HOLM 708A | |
NGC 5926 is a 13.8 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Serpens the northern sky . It is an estimated 279 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter . In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1118 .
The object was discovered on June 15, 1884 by Lewis A. Swift .
Web links
- NGC 5926. SIMBAD , accessed May 11, 2016 .
- NGC 5926. DSO Browser, accessed May 11, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5926. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 11, 2016 .