| NGC 5876 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 5876 imaged bySDSS | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 15h 09m 31.5811s[1] |
| Declination | +54° 30′ 23.521″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.010851[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3253 ± 2 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 160.0 ± 11.2 Mly (49.05 ± 3.43 Mpc)[1] |
| Group orcluster | NGC 5908 Group (LGG 395) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.7[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(r)ab?[1] |
| Size | ~174,300 ly (53.43 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.4′ × 1.2′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS F15081+5441,2MASX J15093156+5430228,IC 1111,UGC 9747,MCG +09-25-028,PGC 54110,CGCG 274-028[1] | |
NGC 5876 is abarred spiral galaxy in theconstellation ofBoötes. Its velocity with respect to thecosmic microwave background is 3325 ± 5 km/s, which corresponds to aHubble distance of 49.05 ± 3.43Mpc (~160 millionlight-years).[1] However, threenon redshift measurements give a much greater distance of 65.6 ± 0.346 Mpc (~214 million light-years).[2] The galaxy was discovered by American astronomerLewis Swift on 11 June 1885. Swift observed the galaxy again on August 27, 1888, and not realizing that he had already observed it, entered the galaxy into theIndex Catalogue as IC 1111.[3]
According to theSIMBAD database, NGC 5876 is aLINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.[4]
Onesupernova has been observed in NGC 5876:SN 2024igg (Type Ia-SC, mag. 17.7639) was discovered by theAutomatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events (ALeRCE) on 7 May 2024.[5]
NGC 5876 is part of the NGC 5908group (also known asLGG 395), which includes at least six other members:NGC 5820,NGC 5821,NGC 5874,NGC 5905,NGC 5908, and UGC 9759.[6]
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