{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Boötes}} {{Infobox galaxy | name = NGC 5966 | image = [[File:NGC5966 - SDSS DR14.jpg|250px]] | alt = NGC 5966 | caption = [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 5966 | epoch = [[J2000]] | constellation name = [[Boötes]] | ra = {{RA|15|35|52.11389}}<ref name=GaiaDR2>{{cite DR2}}</ref> | dec = {{DEC|+39|46|08.0357}}<ref name=GaiaDR2/> | h_radial_v = 4495.7 km/s<ref name=SIMBAD/> | z = 0.015110<ref name=SIMBAD/> | dist_ly = {{cvt|67.27|±|4.71|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=NED>{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%205966&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 5966 (NGC 5966)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-04}}</ref> | group_cluster = | type = E4<ref name=CALIFA-DR2>{{cite journal |title= CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey. III. Second public data release |author= R. García-Benito |journal= Astronomy & Astrophysics |display-authors= etal |year= 2015 |volume= 576 |pages= A135 |bibcode= 2015A&A...576A.135G |arxiv= 1409.8302 |doi= 10.1051/0004-6361/201425080 |s2cid= 118636619 }}</ref> | size = | appmag_v = 12.22<ref name=LEDA>{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%205966|title=Search specification: NGC 5966|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|accessdate=2021-02-04}}</ref> | appmag_b = 13.14<ref name=LEDA/> | absmag_v = | size_v = | notes = | names = {{odlist|UGC=9923|MCG=+07-32-032|PGC=55552}}<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 5966|accessdate=2021-02-04}}</ref> }}
'''NGC 5966''' is an [[elliptical galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] [[Boötes]]. NGC 5966 is its [[New General Catalogue]] designation. The galaxy was discovered by [[William Herschel]] on March 18, 1787.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rojas |first=Sebastián García |title=Galaxy NGC 5966 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes Constellation |url=https://telescopius.com/deep-sky/object/7104/ngc-5966/galaxy |access-date=2020-09-27 |website=Telescopius |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The ionized gas in the CALIFA early-type galaxies. I. Mapping two representative cases: NGC 6762 and NGC 5966 |url=https://www.iac.es/en/science-and-technology/publications/ionized-gas-califa-early-type-galaxies-i-mapping-two-representative-cases-ngc-6762-and |access-date=2020-09-27 |website=[[Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias]] • IAC |language=en}}</ref> Based on its [[redshift]], it is located about 220 million light-years (67 Mpc) away from the Sun.<ref name=NED/>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:NGC 5966 2MASS.jpg|[[2MASS]] image of NGC 5966 </gallery>
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[[Category:Boötes]] [[Category:NGC objects|5966]] [[Category:Elliptical galaxies]]
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