NGC 5988
| Galaxy NGC 5988 |
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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 44 m 33.8 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 17 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035328 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (10,591 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(476 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (145.9 ± 10.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5988 • UGC 9998 • PGC 55921 • CGCG 078-058 • MCG + 02-40-012 • IRAS F15421 + 1026 • 2MASX J15443383 + 1017356 • | |
NGC 5988 is a 14.2 likes bright spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type Scd in the constellation Serpens the northern sky . It is estimated to be 476 million light years from the Milky Way and about 170,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 17, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 5988. SIMBAD , accessed May 18, 2016 .
- NGC 5988. DSO Browser, accessed May 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5988. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).