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]
| 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] |
| Heliocentric 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] | |
References
edit- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
- ^ a b c "NGC 5966". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ^ a b "Results for object NGC 5966 (NGC 5966)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 5966". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ^ R. García-Benito; et al. (2015). "CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey. III. Second public data release". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 576: A135. arXiv:1409.8302. Bibcode:2015A&A...576A.135G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425080. S2CID 118636619.
- ^ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 5966 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes Constellation". Telescopius. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
- ^ "The ionized gas in the CALIFA early-type galaxies. I. Mapping two representative cases: NGC 6762 and NGC 5966". Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias • IAC. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
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