NGC 5961
| Galaxy NGC 5961 |
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![NGC 5961 with SDSS J153520.37 + 305251.9 (lo) & LEDA 1920172 (ru) [1] SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5961_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5961 with SDSS J153520.37 + 305251.9 (lo) & LEDA 1920172 (ru) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 35 m 16.320 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 51 ′ 51.05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 97 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006098 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (1828 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.6 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5961 • UGC 9918 • PGC 55515 • CGCG 166-013 • MCG + 05-37-05 • IRAS 15332 + 3101 • 2MASX J15351646 + 3051507 • NVSS J153516 + 305153 • LDCE 1135 NED002 • HOLM 715A | |
NGC 5961 is a 13.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Corona Borealis in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 87 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light-years across.
The object was discovered on June 8, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5961. SIMBAD , accessed May 18, 2019 .
- NGC 5961. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 5961. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 .