NGC 5879

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco}} {{Infobox Galaxy | name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5879 | image = NGC 5879 Hubble.jpg | caption = NGC 5879 by [[Hubble Space Telescope|HST]], 1.65{{prime}} view | epoch = [[J2000]] | ra = {{RA|15|09|46.726}}<ref name=NED/> | dec = {{DEC|+57|00|00.68}}<ref name=NED/> | constellation name = [[Draco (constellation)|Draco]] | z = 0.00254<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 5879|access-date=2020-12-12}}</ref> | h_radial_v = 761 km<ref name=SIMBAD/> | dist_ly = {{cvt| 17.06|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=Cosmicflows3>{{cite journal|bibcode=2016AJ....152...50T|doi=10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50|arxiv=1605.01765|title=Cosmicflows-3|author1=Tully, R. Brent|author2=Courtois, Hélène M.|author3=Sorce, Jenny G.|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=152|issue=2|id=50|pages=21|date=2016|s2cid=250737862 |doi-access=free }}</ref> | type = SA(rs)bc:<ref name=NED>{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%205879&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 5879 (NGC 5879)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2020-12-12}}</ref> | appmag_v = 12.4 | size_v = 3.74{{prime}} × 1.01{{prime}} | notes = | names = {{odlist|UGC=9753|PGC=54117|MCG=+10-22-001}}<ref name=SIMBAD/> }}

'''NGC 5879''' is an unbarred [[spiral galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] [[Draco (constellation)|Draco]]. The galaxy was discovered in 1788 by [[William Herschel]]. It is a member of the [[NGC 5866 Group]].

One [[supernova]] has been observed in NGC 5879: SN 1954C (type unknown, mag. 14.9) was discovered by [[Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer)|Paul Wild]] on 27 September 1954.<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/IAUCs/IAUC1476.jpg | title = A THIRD SUPERNOVA WILD. | last = Wild | editor-last = Hansen | editor-first = Julie M. Vinter | date = 5 October 1954 | journal = Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams | publisher = Observatory Copenhagen, [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] | access-date = 27 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}1954C | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1954C | publisher = [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] | access-date=27 November 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Sky-Map.org}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 5879}} [[Category:Unbarred spiral galaxies]] [[Category:NGC objects|5879]] [[Category:Draco (constellation)]] [[Category:NGC 5866 Group]] [[Category:UGC objects|9753]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|54117]] [[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1788]]