NGC 5949
| Galaxy NGC 5949 |
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| Image of the spiral galaxy NGC 5949 using the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 28 m 00.7 s |
| declination | + 64 ° 45 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) bc? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 147 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.001434 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (430 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(27 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.15 ± 0.58) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 28, 1801 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5949 • UGC 9866 • PGC 55165 • CGCG 319-016 • MCG + 11-19-008 • IRAS 15273 + 6456 • 2MASX J15280067 + 6445473 • GC 4109 • H II 906 • NVSS J152759 + 644539 | |
NGC 5949 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 27 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years across.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on November 28, 1801 .
Web links
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