NGC 5942
| Galaxy NGC 5942 |
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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 36.8 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 18 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035568 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | (10,663 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(478 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (146.7 ± 10.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5942 • PGC 55309 • CGCG 050-009 • MCG + 01-40-001 • 2MASX J15313681 + 0718447 • HCG 76C • | |
NGC 5942 is a 14.3 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 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 .