NGC 5932
| Galaxy NGC 5932 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 26 m 48.2 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 36 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038140 ± 0.000183 |
| Radial velocity | (11,434 ± 55) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(517 ± 36) · 10 6 ly (158.6 ± 11.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5932 • PGC 55109 • CGCG 249-023 • MCG + 08-28-33 • 2MASX J15264818 + 4836534 • | |
NGC 5932 is a 14.5 mag bright galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S? in the constellation Bearkeeper .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 21, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5932. SIMBAD, accessed May 16, 2016 .
- NGC 5932. DSO Browser, accessed May 16, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5932. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 16, 2016 .