NGC 5970

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NGC 5970
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NGC 5970 imaged by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Serpens Caput
Right ascension 15h 38m 29.96s [1]
Declination +12° 11′ 11.9″ [1]
Redshift 0.00661 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1974 km/s [2]
Distance 91.91 ± 0.65  Mly (28.18 ± 0.20  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.61 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.00 [1]
Characteristics
Type SB(r)c [4]
Other designations
UGC 9943, MCG +02-40-006, PGC 55665 [2]

NGC 5970 is a large barred-spiral galaxy located about 90 million light years away in the constellation Serpens Caput. It appears to have two satellite or companion galaxies. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. [2] It was discovered on March 15, 1784, by the astronomer William Herschel. [5]

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LINER-type emission has been detected from the disk of NGC 5970. [6]

Observations

NGC 5970 can be seen 1° southwest of the star Chi Serpentis. A faint halo of dust can be seen around the galaxy's outer spiral arms.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search specification: NGC 5970". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 5970". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. ↑ Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 86. arXiv: 1307.7213 . Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID   118494842.
  4. ↑ "Results for object NGC 5970 (NGC 5970)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5950 - 5999". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  6. ↑ James, P. A.; Percival, S. M. (2020). "Diffuse LINER-type emission from extended disc regions of barred galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496: 36–48. arXiv: 2005.08985 . doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa1369 .
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