NGC 5974
| Galaxy NGC 5974 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 39 m 02.4 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 45 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sd / Irr |
| Brightness (visual) | 14 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006685 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | (2004 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(95 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (29.0 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 29, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5974 • UGC 9952 • PGC 55694 • CGCG 166-025 • MCG + 05-37-010 • IRAS 15370 + 3155 • GC 4123 • h 1932 • LDCE 1135 NED003 | |
NGC 5974 is a 14.0 mag bright spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Northern Crown. It is estimated to be 94 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1827 .
Web links
- NGC 5974. SIMBAD, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5974. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5974. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).