NGC 5957
NGC 5957 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Serpens. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 5957:
NGC: | NGC 5957 |
Type: | galaxy |
Galaxy type: | spiral |
Galaxy morph class: | Sb |
Constellation: | Serpens |
Surface brightness: | 24.1 mag/arcsec2 |
V-mag (visual): | 12.2 |
B-mag (blue): | 13.5 |
J-mag (IR): | 10.4 |
H-mag (IR): | |
K-mag (IR): | 9.77 |
Right Ascension: | 15:35:23.21 |
Declination: | 12:02:51.40 |
Major axis: | 2.44 ' |
Minor axis: | 2.34 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 95° |
Radial velocity: | 1808 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.00605 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS