NGC 5985

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NGC 5985
NGC 5985 GALEX WikiSky.jpg
NGC 5985, imaged by GALEX
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Draco
Right ascension 15h 39m 37.090s [1]
Declination +59° 19′ 55.02″ [1]
Redshift 0.008396 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 2517 [2]
Distance 140.41 ± 35.18  Mly (43.050 ± 10.785  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.22 [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)15.24 [3]
Characteristics
Type SAB(r)b
Size236,900  ly (72,630  pc) [2]
Apparent size  (V)5.495′ (major axis) [2]
Notable featuresIn a triplet of galaxies [2]
Other designations
UGC 9969, MGC+10-22-030, PGC 55725

NGC 5985 is a spiral galaxy located in the northern constellation Draco. NGC 5985 was discovered by William Herschel in 1788. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NED results for object NGC 5985". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "NGC 5985". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Courtney Seligman. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5950 - 5999" . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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