| NGC 5964 | |
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 NGC 5964 imaged by theHubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Serpens Caput |
| Right ascension | 15h 37m 36.3s[1] |
| Declination | +5° 58′ 24″[1] |
| Redshift | 1447 ± 1 km/s[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.6[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)d[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 4.2′ × 3.2′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 9935,[1]PGC 55637[1] | |
NGC 5964 is abarred spiral galaxy in theconstellationSerpens Caput. NGC 5964 is also known by the names IC 4551 and PGC 55637.
NGC 5964 has relatively unwound spiral arms; it lacks the clear defined spiral arms theMilky Way galaxy has. The central bar is very small, long and thin. NGC 5964 thus does not have agalactic habitable zone like the Milky Way.[2][3][4] For the Milky Way, the galactic habitable zone is commonly believed to be anannulus with an outer radius of about 10kiloparsecs and an inner radius close to theGalactic Center, both of which lack hard boundaries.[3]
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