NGC 5965
| Galaxy NGC 5965 |
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![NGC 5965 & LEDA 2544663 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5965_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5965 & LEDA 2544663 SDSS Recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 34 m 02.46 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 41 ′ 08.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.2 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 53 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011381 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (3412 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.9 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5965 • UGC 9914 • PGC 55459 • CGCG 297-016 • MCG + 10-22-020 • IRAS 15328 + 5651 • 2MASX J15340245 + 5641081 • GC 4115 • H II 762 • h 1931 • WISEA J153402.28 + 564108.6 • KPG 469B • KTG 63B | |
NGC 5965 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb with an active galaxy core in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 159 million light years from the Milky Way and about 235,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5963 , NGC 5969 , NGC 5971 , PGC 2544663 .
The object was discovered on May 5, 1788 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch mirror telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .
High-resolution image of the center of NGC 5965, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope
Web links
Commons : NGC 5965 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]