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Galaxy in the constellation Boötes

NGC 5966
SDSS image of NGC 5966
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Boötes
Right ascension	15 35 52.11389
Declination	+39° 46′ 08.0357″
Redshift	0.015110
Heliocentric radial velocity	4495.7 km/s
Distance	219.4 ± 15.4 Mly (67.27 ± 4.71 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.22
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.14
Characteristics
Type	E4
Other designations
UGC 9923, MCG +07-32-032, PGC 55552

NGC 5966 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Boötes. NGC 5966 is its New General Catalogue designation. The galaxy was discovered by William Herschel on March 18, 1787. Based on its redshift, it is located about 220 million light-years (67 Mpc) away from the Sun.

References

^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
^ "NGC 5966". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
^ "Results for object NGC 5966 (NGC 5966)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
^ "Search specification: NGC 5966". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
R. García-Benito; et al. (2015). "CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey. III. Second public data release". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 576: A135. arXiv:1409.8302. Bibcode:2015A&A...576A.135G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425080. S2CID 118636619.
Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 5966 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes Constellation". Telescopius. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
"The ionized gas in the CALIFA early-type galaxies. I. Mapping two representative cases: NGC 6762 and NGC 5966". Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias • IAC. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

External links

Media related to NGC 5966 at Wikimedia Commons

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Astronomical catalog List of NGC objects 5001–6000

New General Catalogue 5500 to 5999

Constellation of Boötes

Stars

Bayer	α (Arcturus) β (Nekkar) γ (Seginus) δ (Princeps) ε (Izar) ζ η (Muphrid) θ (Asellus Primus) ι (Asellus Secundus) κ (Asellus Tertius) λ (Xuange) μ (Alkalurops) ν ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω
Flamsteed	1 2 3 6 (e) 7 9 10 11 12 (d) 13 14 15 18 20 22 (f) 24 (g) 26 31 32 33 34 38 (h, Merga) 39 40 44 (i) 45 (c) 46 (b) 47 (k) 50
Variable	R S T ZZ BL BP BX BY CE CH CI CN CP CR CX CY (101 Vir) DE EK HN HP
HD	118508 118889 122563 125040 125351 (A) 125658 126128 126141 126200 126271 127304 127334 127726 128093 128198 129132 129357 130084 130603 130917 131040 131473 131496 (Arcalís) 132029 132406 132563 134064 134335 135438 135530 135944 136418 (Nikawiy) 141399
Other	CFBDSIR 1458+10 Gliese 526 HAT-P-4 2MASS J15031961+2525196 LHS 2924 PSR J1544+4937 SDSS J1416+1348 SDSS J1433+1011 TVLM 513-46546 WASP-14 ZTF J153932.16+502738.8

Exoplanets	HD 136418 b (Awasis) HAT-P-4b HD 128311 b c HD 132406 b τ Boötis b WASP-14b

Star clusters	NGC 5466

Galaxies

NGC	5008 5248 5251 5490 5500 5508 5514 5523 5529 5533 5535 5539 5544 5545 5548 5557 5559 5562 5579 5582 5601 5609 5613 5614 5615 5624 5630 5641 5653 5665 5676 5682 5683 5714 5752 5753 5754 5755 5820 5821 5829 5837 5886 5896 5929 5930 5966
Numbered	I II III
Other	Arp 302 3C 295 3C 299 3C 303 CEERS-2112 CEERS-93316 CLASS B1359+154 Cloverleaf quasar DDO 190 EGS-zs8-1 EGSY8p7 H1426+428 IC 4461 IC 4462 IC 4481 IC 4516 IRAS 13349+2438 LEDA 2108986 MACS 1423-z7p64 Maisie's Galaxy Markarian 463 MS 1512-cB58 OQ 172 PG 1543+489 PGC 1470080 PKS 1345+125 SDSS J135646.10+102609.0 SDSS J1430+2303 Teacup galaxy UGC 9128 UGC 9425 UGC 9684 UGC 9796 ULAS J1342+0928

Galaxy clusters	Abell 1795 IDCS J1426.5+3508

Astronomical events	GRB 990123 GRB 080319B SCP 06F6 SN 2003fg SN 2005bc SN 2020tlf