NGC 5976
| Galaxy NGC 5976 |
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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 36 m 47.9 s |
| declination | + 59 ° 23 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 119 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010170 |
| Radial velocity | 3049 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(144 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.0 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Stoney |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5976 • PGC 55609 • CGCG 297-022 • MCG + 10-22-025 • IRAS F15357 + 5933 • 2MASX J15364801 + 5923522 • GC 4124 • GALEX ASC J153647.85 + 592352.6 | |
NGC 5976 is a 14.8 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type "S0" in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 144 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 5982 group , which also includes NGC 5981 , NGC 5985 , NGC 5987, and NGC 5989 .
The object was discovered on May 6, 1850 by George Stoney , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 5976. SIMBAD, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5976. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5976. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).