NGC 5941
| Galaxy NGC 5941 |
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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 31 m 40.2 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 20 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033363 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (10,002 ± 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(449 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (137.6 ± 9.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5941 • PGC 55314 • CGCG 050-011 • MCG + 01-40-003 • 2MASX J15314024 + 0720207 • HCG 76B • | |
NGC 5941 is a 13.9 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation snake . It is one of the three controversial members of the Hickson Compact Group 76 in the numbering of modern astronomy and was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 19, 1887 .