NGC 5977
| Galaxy NGC 5977 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 40 m 33.4 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 07 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027055 ± 0.000173 |
| Radial velocity | (8111 ± 52) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(366 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (112.2 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 29, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5977 • UGC 9967 • PGC 55769 • CGCG 107-023 • MCG + 03-40-23 • 2MASX J15403347 + 1707409 • | |
NGC 5977 is a 13.9 mag bright, lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Snake north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 366 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 5972 and IC 1130 .
The object was discovered on June 29, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 5977. SIMBAD, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5977. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5977. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 .