NGC 5985
| Galaxy NGC 5985 |
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![NGC 5985 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC5985_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 5985 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 39 m 37.09 s |
| declination | + 59 ° 19 ′ 55.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) b / LINER / Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 5.5 ′ × 3 ′ |
| Position angle | 13 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 5985 LGG 402 |
| Redshift | 0.008396 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (2517 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (36.7 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 25, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5985 • UGC 9969 • PGC 55725 • CGCG 297-025 • MCG + 10-22-030 • IRAS 15385 + 5929 • 2MASX J15393708 + 5919550 • GC 4131, GC 4133 • H II 766 • NVSS J153936 + 592000 • LDCE 1141 NED003 • HOLM 719B • KTG 64C | |
NGC 5985 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 120 million light years from the Milky Way and about 190,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 5981 and NGC 5982 it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy trio Holm 719 or KTG 64 , the galaxy is the namesake of the NGC 5985 group ( LGG 402 ) and with NGC 5976 , NGC 5981, NGC 5987 and NGC 5989 a member of NGC 5982- group
Ultraviolet image of NGC 5985 using GALEX
The object was discovered by William Herschel on May 25, 1788 .
NGC 5985 group ( LGG 402 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 5982 | PGC 55674 | 142 |
| NGC 5985 | PGC 55725 | 120 |
| NGC 5987 | PGC 55740 | 142 |
| NGC 5989 | PGC 55802 | 136 |
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1] [2] [3] - Environment record ( labeled )