NGC 5982
| Galaxy NGC 5982 |
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![NGC 5982 [1] Hubble Space Telescope](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_5982.png)
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| NGC 5982 Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 38 m 49.829 s |
| declination | + 59 ° 21 ′ 21.02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5982 group LGG 402 |
| Redshift | 0.010064 ± 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | (3017 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(142 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.6 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 25, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5982 • UGC 9961 • PGC 55674 • CGCG 297-024 • MCG + 10-22-029 • 2MASX J15383977 + 5921212 • GC 4128 • H II-764 • h 1934 • GALEX ASC J153839.96 + 592121.1 • LDCE 1141 NED002 • Stile 719A • KTG 64B | |
NGC 5982 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E3 in the dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 142 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 5981 and NGC 5985 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 719 or KTG 64 and is the brightest member of the NGC 5982 group, which still includes NGC 5976 , NGC 5987 and NGC 5989 .
The object was discovered on March 19, 1788 by William Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 5982 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Spektrum.de : amateur recording [1] [2] [3] & labeled environment recording