NGC 5970

NGC 5970
NGC 5970 imaged by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Serpens Caput
Right ascension	15^h 38^m 29.96^s[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]

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

• Sky and Telescope magazine/June Issue/2012/pg.56-57

1. "Search specification: NGC 5970". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
2. "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.

External links

• Media related to NGC 5970 at Wikimedia Commons