NGC 5939
| Galaxy NGC 5939 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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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 |
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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).