NGC 5986

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Globular cluster
NGC 5986
NGC 5986 Hubble WikiSky.jpg
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation wolf
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 15 h 46 m 03.4 s
declination -37 ° 47 ′ 10 ″
Appearance
Concentration class VII
Brightness  (visual) 7.6 likes
Angular expansion 9.6 '
Physical data
Redshift (308 ± 20)  ·  10 −6
Radial velocity (92.3 ± 5.9) km / s
distance 33.9  kLj
history
discovery James Dunlop
Discovery date May 10, 1826
Catalog names
 NGC  5986 • C 1542-376 •  GCl  37 •  ESO  329-018 •  Dun  552 •  GC  4132 • Bennett 70, h 3611

NGC 5986 is the name of a globular cluster in the constellation Wolf . NGC 5986 is 9.5 'in diameter and has an apparent magnitude of 7.6 mag.

The property was built on May 10, 1826 by James Dunlop .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. Harlow Shapley, Helen B. Sawyer: A Classification of Globular Clusters . In: Harvard College Observatory Bulletin . tape 849 , 1927, pp. 11-14 , bibcode : 1927BHarO.849 ... 11S .
  3. a b SEDS: NGC 5986
  4. SIMBAD Query
  5. Seligman