NGC 5969
| Galaxy NGC 5969 |
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| 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 51.0 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 27 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039491 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (11839 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(536 ± 38) · 10 6 ly (164.3 ± 11.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 5, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5969 • PGC 55491 • CGCG 297-018 • MCG + 09-25-59 • | |
NGC 5969 is a 14.6 likes bright lenticular radio galaxy from the Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Dragon .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 5, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 5969. SIMBAD, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5969. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5969. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).