NGC 5968
| Galaxy NGC 5968 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | wolf |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 39 m 57.17 s |
| declination | -30 ° 33 ′ 10.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) bc / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.018206 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (5458 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.9 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5968 • PGC 55738 • ESO 450-005 • MCG -05-37-001 • IRAS 15368-3023 • 2MASX J15395715-3033100 • SGC 153651-3023.5 • GC 4121 • h 3609 • 2MASS J15395717-3033099 • HIPASS J1540-30 • WISEA J153957.17-303309.6 • 2MIG 2139 | |
NGC 5968 is a 12.3 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SBab in the constellation Wolf at the southern sky . It is an estimated 241 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on June 3, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "vF, L, R, gbM, resolvable, 1.5 ′".