NGC 5879

NGC 5879 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered in 1788 by William Herschel. It is a member of the NGC 5866 Group.

NGC 5879
NGC 5879 by HST, 1.65′ view
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Draco
Right ascension	15h 09m 46.726s[1]
Declination	+57° 00′ 00.68″[1]
Redshift	0.00254[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	761 km[2]
Distance	55.6 Mly (17.06 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.4
Characteristics
Type	SA(rs)bc:[1]
Apparent size (V)	3.74′ × 1.01′
Other designations
UGC 9753, MCG +10-22-001, PGC 54117[2]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 5879: SN 1954C (type unknown, mag. 14.9).^[4]

References

1. "Results for object NGC 5879 (NGC 5879)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
2. "NGC 5879". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
4. Transient Name Server entry for SN 1954C. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

External links

• Media related to NGC 5879 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 5879 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images