NGC 5939
Galaxy NGC 5939 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Little Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 15 h 24 m 46.0 s |
declination | + 68 ° 43 ′ 50 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sbc |
Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 35 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.022305 ± 0.000080 |
Radial velocity | (6687 ± 24) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(306 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (93.9 ± 6.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | July 11, 1883 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5939 • UGC 9854 • PGC 55022 • CGCG 338-008 • MCG + 12-15-07 • IRAS 15244 + 6854 • 2MASX J15244604 + 6843501 • LDCE 1126 NED001 |
NGC 5939 is a 13.1 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Ursa Minor and about 306 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on July 11, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 5939. SIMBAD, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5939. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5939. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).