NGC 5970

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Serpens Caput
Right ascension15h 38m 29.96s[1]
Declination+12° 11′ 11.9″[1]
Redshift0.00661[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1974 km/s[2]
Distance91.91 ± 0.65 Mly (28.18 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.61[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.00[1]
Characteristics
TypeSB(r)c[4]
Other designations
UGC 9943, MCG +02-40-006, PGC 55665[2]

NGC 5970 is a large

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]

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

Observations

NGC 5970 can be seen 1° southwest of the

spiral arms
.

References

  • Sky and Telescope magazine/June Issue/2012/pg.56-57
  1. ^ a b c d "Search specification: NGC 5970". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  2. ^ a b c d "NGC 5970". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. S2CID 118494842
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  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. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1369
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External links

  • Media related to NGC 5970 at Wikimedia Commons


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