NGC 5966
| Galaxy NGC 5966 |
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![NGC 5966 with LEDA 2155218 [1] (r) SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5966_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5966 with LEDA 2155218 (r) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Bear keeper |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 35 m 52.1 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 46 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 6 × 1 ′, 0 |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.014924 ± 0.000047 |
| Radial velocity | (4474 ± 14) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(206 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (63.1 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5966 • UGC 9923 • PGC 55552 • CGCG 222-028 • MCG + 07-32-032 • 2MASX J15355211 + 3946082 • GC 4119 • H III-634 • h 1930 • NVSS J153551 + 394609 | |
NGC 5966 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Bear Keeper in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 206 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly. a. the galaxies IC 4557 , IC 4560 , IC 4563 .
The object was discovered on March 18, 1787 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .