NGC 5937
| Galaxy NGC 5937 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 30 m 46.1 s |
| declination | -02 ° 49 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) b pec HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009363 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (2807 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(126 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.7 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5937 • PGC 55281 • CGCG 022-002 • MCG + 00-40-01 • IRAS 15281-0239 • 2MASX J15304613-0249463 • GC 4106 • H II 401 • h 1926, 3606 • | |
NGC 5937 is a 12.3 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with pronounced emission lines from the Hubble type Sb in the constellation snake and about 126 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on April 14, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pF, pL, vlbM, r, preceding 3 small stars". In 1847, John Herschel noted “pB, S, R, gbM, 18 arcseconds” while observing with an 18-inch reflector telescope.