NGC 5959
| Galaxy NGC 5959 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 37 m 22.4 s |
| declination | -16 ° 35 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 15.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024003 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | (7196 ± 18) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(321 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.3 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | June 26, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5959 • PGC 55625 • MCG -03-40-02 • 2MASX J15372243-1635448 • LDCE 1134 NED002 | |
NGC 5959 is a 14.3 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Libra on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 321 million light years from the Milky Way and about 190,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Ormond Stone on June 26, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5959. SIMBAD, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5959. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5959. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 .