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Galaxy in the constellation of Boötes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 5821 is a spiral galaxy with a ring structure[4] in the constellation Boötes. It lies near a similarly massed galaxy, NGC 5820, at the same redshift. Both galaxies were discovered by the astronomer William Herschel.[6]
NGC 5821 | |
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![]() SDSS image of NGC 5821 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
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] |
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