NGC 5970

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

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.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search specification: NGC 5970". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "NGC 5970". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
^ 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.
^ "Results for object NGC 5970 (NGC 5970)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 5950 - 5999". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
^ 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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