NGC 5921 | |
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![]() NGC 5921 as taken at the
Mount Lemmon SkyCenter | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Serpens Caput |
Right ascension | 15h 21m 56.5s [1] |
Declination | +05° 04′ 14″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.00470 ± 0.00001 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1480 ± 1 km/ s [1] |
Distance | 65 Mly [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.5 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)bc [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 4.9′ × 4.0′ [1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 9824, [1] PGC 54849 [1] |
NGC 5921 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 65 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Serpens Caput. It was discovered by William Herschel on 1 May 1786. [4] In February 2001 a type II supernova ( SN 2001X) was discovered in NGC 5921. [5] It is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies. [6]
NGC 5921 | |
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![]() NGC 5921 as taken at the
Mount Lemmon SkyCenter | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Serpens Caput |
Right ascension | 15h 21m 56.5s [1] |
Declination | +05° 04′ 14″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.00470 ± 0.00001 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1480 ± 1 km/ s [1] |
Distance | 65 Mly [3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.5 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(r)bc [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 4.9′ × 4.0′ [1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 9824, [1] PGC 54849 [1] |
NGC 5921 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 65 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Serpens Caput. It was discovered by William Herschel on 1 May 1786. [4] In February 2001 a type II supernova ( SN 2001X) was discovered in NGC 5921. [5] It is a member of the Virgo III Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies. [6]