| NGC 5821 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 5821 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 58m 59.722s[1] |
| Declination | +53° 55′ 23.41″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.011261±0.000037[2] km/s |
| Distance | 169.2 Mly (51.89 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.6[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sc[4] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.31′ × 0.70′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| 2MASX J14585972+5355234,CGCG 273-039,CGCG 274-005,IRAS F14575+5407,GC 4028,GC 4030,H 3.811.,LEDA 53532,LGG 395-006,MCG+09-25-002,PGC 53532,UGC 9648,UZC J145859.7+535524,Z 273-39,Z 1457.5+5407,Z 274-5[5] | |
NGC 5821 is aspiral galaxy with a ring structure[4] in the constellationBoötes. It lies near a similarly massed galaxy,NGC 5820, at the same redshift. Both galaxies were discovered by the astronomerWilliam Herschel.[6]
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