NGC 5960
| Galaxy NGC 5960 |
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![NGC 5960 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5960_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5960 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 36 m 18.431 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 39 ′ 55.33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039717 ± 0.000244 |
| Radial velocity | (11,907 ± 73) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(534 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (163.7 ± 11.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5960 • PGC 55575 • CGCG 050-038 • MCG + 01-40-007 • IRAS 15338 + 0549 • 2MASX J15361839 + 0539548 • GC 5784 • NVSS J153618 + 053954 • WISEA J153618.43 + 053955.4 | |
NGC 5960 is a 14.3 likes bright spiral radio galaxy from the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Serpens north of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 534 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5952 , NGC 5955 , NGC 5964 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 12, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 5960. SIMBAD , accessed May 18, 2019 .
- NGC 5960. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5960. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).