NGC 5994
NGC 5994 is a barred 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 5994:
NGC: | NGC 5994 |
Type: | galaxy |
Galaxy type: | barred spiral |
Galaxy morph class: | SBbc |
Constellation: | Serpens |
Surface brightness: | 22.8 mag/arcsec2 |
B-mag (blue): | 15.6 |
J-mag (IR): | 14.0 |
H-mag (IR): | |
K-mag (IR): | 13.7 |
Right Ascension: | 15:46:53.26 |
Declination: | 17:52:21.40 |
Major axis: | 0.6 ' |
Minor axis: | 0.3 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 93° |
Radial velocity: | 3363 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.01128 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS