NGC 5962
| Galaxy NGC 5962 |
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| Image in the optical range with the 81 cm reflector telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 36 m 31.685 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 36 ′ 27.99 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5962 group LGG 400 |
| Redshift | 0.006528 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (1957 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(91 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (27.8 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5962 • UGC 9926 • PGC 55588 • CGCG 107-012 • MCG + 03-40-011 • IRAS 15342 + 1646 • 2MASX J15363164 + 1636284 • GC 4116 • H II 96 • h 1928 • HIPASS J1536 + 16 • Holm 716A • LDCE 1131 NED004 | |
NGC 5962 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Serpens Caput north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 91 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with PGC 55587 . She is the brightest member of the NGC 5962 group ( LGG 400 ). In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 5972 and IC 1130 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 21, 1784 .
NGC 5962 group ( LGG 400 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million ly |
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| NGC 5951 | PGC 55435 | 83 |
| NGC 5953 | PGC 55480 | 91 |
| NGC 5954 | PGC 55482 | 91 |
| NGC 5962 | PGC 55588 | 91 |
| PGC 55478 | UGC 9902 | 79 |
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