NGC 5960
NGC 5960 is a early 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 5960:
NGC: | NGC 5960 |
Type: | galaxy |
Galaxy type: | early spiral |
Galaxy morph class: | Sab |
Constellation: | Serpens |
Surface brightness: | 23.2 mag/arcsec2 |
B-mag (blue): | 14.8 |
J-mag (IR): | 11.9 |
H-mag (IR): | |
K-mag (IR): | 11.2 |
Right Ascension: | 15:36:18.43 |
Declination: | 05:39:55.30 |
Major axis: | 0.88 ' |
Minor axis: | 0.71 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 99° |
Radial velocity: | 11643 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.03962 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS