Astronomy:NGC 5966
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Boötes
| NGC 5966 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5966 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 15h 35m 52.11389s[1] |
| Declination | +39° 46′ 08.0357″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.015110[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 4495.7 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 219.4 ± 15.4 Mly (67.27 ± 4.71 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.22[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.14[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E4[5] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 9923, MCG+07-32-032, PGC 55552[2] | |
NGC 5966 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Boötes. NGC 5966 is its New General Catalogue designation. The galaxy was discovered by William Herschel on March 18, 1787.[6][7] Based on its redshift, it is located about 220 million light-years (67 Mpc) away from the Sun.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 5966". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+5966.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Results for object NGC 5966 (NGC 5966)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%205966&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 5966". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%205966. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ↑ R. García-Benito (2015). "CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey. III. Second public data release". Astronomy & Astrophysics 576: A135. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425080. Bibcode: 2015A&A...576A.135G.
- ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 5966 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes Constellation" (in en). https://telescopius.com/deep-sky/object/7104/ngc-5966/galaxy.
- ↑ "The ionized gas in the CALIFA early-type galaxies. I. Mapping two representative cases: NGC 6762 and NGC 5966" (in en). https://www.iac.es/en/science-and-technology/publications/ionized-gas-califa-early-type-galaxies-i-mapping-two-representative-cases-ngc-6762-and.
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