NGC 5985

NGC 5985
NGC 5985
	NGC 5985, imaged by GALEX
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Draco
Right ascension	15h 39m 37.090s
Declination	+59° 19′ 55.02″
Redshift	0.008396
Heliocentric radial velocity	2517
Distance	140.41 ± 35.18 Mly (43.050 ± 10.785 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.22
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.24
Characteristics
Type	SAB(r)b
Size	236,900 ly (72,630 pc)
Apparent size (V)	5.495′ (major axis)
Notable features	In a triplet of galaxies
Other designations
	UGC 9969, MGC+10-22-030, PGC 55725

NGC 5985 is a spiral galaxy located in the northern constellation Draco. NGC 5985 was discovered by William Herschel in 1788.^[4]

Gallery

^ ^a ^b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "NED results for object NGC 5985". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "NGC 5985". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ Courtney Seligman. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5950 - 5999". Retrieved 15 February 2017.

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