Galaxy · constellation Se1
NGC 5996
NGC 5996MCG +03-40-039PGC 56023
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 15h 46m 58.9s
- Declination
- +17° 53' 03"
- Size
- 1.5′ × 40.8″
- Position angle
- 1°
- Magnitude
- 12.8 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 22.21 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SBbc
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Incorrectly called NGC 5994 in 1976ApJS...31..187D.
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