NGC 5955
| Galaxy NGC 5955 |
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![NGC 5955 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5955_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5955 SDSS image | |
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| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 35 m 12.477 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 03 ′ 46.81 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032956 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (9880 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(443 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.9 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | May 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5955 • PGC 55510 • CGCG 050-031 • MCG + 01-40-006 • 2MASX J15351249 + 0503463 • GC 5781 • WISEA J153512.48 + 050346.8 • NVSS J153513 + 050352 • USGC U709 NED01 | |
NGC 5955 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb with an active galaxy core in the constellation Snake north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 443 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 55516 , it forms an optical pair of galaxies. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5952 and NGC 5960 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on May 25, 1865 .
Web links
- NGC 5955. SIMBAD , accessed May 18, 2019 .
- NGC 5955. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5955. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).