# NGC 5982

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Galaxy in the constellation Draco

NGC 5982 NGC 5982 by Hubble Space Telescope Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Draco Right ascension 15h 38m 39.8s[1] Declination +59° 21′ 21″[1] Redshift 0.010064 ± 0.000031[1] Heliocentric radial velocity 3,017 ± 9 km/s[1] Distance 123 ± 34 Mly (37.6 ± 10.5 Mpc)[1] Apparent magnitude (V) 11.0[2] Characteristics Type E3[1] Apparent size (V) 3.0′ × 2.1′[1] Other designations UGC 9961, CGCG 297-024, MCG +10-22-029, PGC 55674[1]

**NGC 5982** is an [elliptical galaxy](/source/Elliptical_galaxy) located in the constellation [Draco](/source/Draco_(constellation)). It is located at a distance of about 130 million [light years](/source/Light_year) from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 5982 is about 100,000 light years across. It was discovered by [William Herschel](/source/William_Herschel) on May 25, 1788.[3]

NGC 5982 has a kinematically decoupled nucleus, with its major axis being nearly perpendicular to the rotation of the galaxy.[4] NGC 5982 features many [shells](/source/Shell_galaxy) in its envelope, nearly 26. The shells form circular arcs, with the further being located at a radius of 150 arcseconds along the major axis of the galaxy,[5] while the innermost one lies 8 arcseconds off the nucleus.[6] The shells and the kinematically decoupled nucleus are the result of the [merger](/source/Galaxy_merger) of the elliptical galaxy with a small elliptical galaxy.[5]

The galaxy has [globular clusters](/source/Globular_cluster) that belong in two populations, red and blue. The age of the globular clusters in NGC 5982 is over 5 billion years.[7] The luminosity of NGC 5982 is dominated by light emitted by old stars.[5] In the centre of NGC 5982 lies a [supermassive black hole](/source/Supermassive_black_hole) whose mass is estimated to be 8.3×108 [*M*☉](/source/Solar_mass) (108.92 M☉) based on the [M–sigma relation](/source/M%E2%80%93sigma_relation).[8] The nucleus may display low level activity and has been categorised as a possible [LINER](/source/LINER).[9][5]

NGC 5981 (top), NGC 5982 (middle), and NGC 5985 (bottom) form a close trio of galaxies.

NGC 5982 belongs to a [galaxy group](/source/Galaxy_group) known as the NGC 5982 group. Other members of the group include the galaxies [NGC 5976](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NGC_5976&action=edit&redlink=1), [NGC 5981](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NGC_5981&action=edit&redlink=1), [NGC 5985](/source/NGC_5985), [NGC 5987](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NGC_5987&action=edit&redlink=1), and [NGC 5989](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NGC_5989&action=edit&redlink=1).[10] NGC 5981, a [spiral galaxy](/source/Spiral_galaxy) seen edge-on, lies at a separation of 6.3 arcminutes from NGC 5982 and NGC 5985, a spiral galaxy seen face-on, lies at a separation of 7.7 arcminutes.[11] The three galaxies are known as the Draco Trio or the Draco Group, although there is no evidence that they form a compact group.[12]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ned_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ned_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ned_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ned_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-ned_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-ned_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-ned_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-ned_1-7) ["NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database"](http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+5982). *Results for NGC 5982*. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-seds_2-0)** ["Revised NGC Data for NGC 5982"](http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC5982). *spider.seds.org*. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Seligman_3-0)** Seligman, Courtney. ["NGC 5982 (= PGC 55674)"](http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc59a.htm#5982). *Celestial Atlas*. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Emsellem, Eric; Cappellari, Michele; Peletier, Reynier F.; McDermid, Richard M.; Bacon, R.; Bureau, M.; Copin, Y.; Davies, Roger L.; Krajnović, Davor; Kuntschner, Harald; Miller, Bryan W.; de Zeeuw, P. Tim (11 August 2004). ["The SAURON project – III. Integral-field absorption-line kinematics of 48 elliptical and lenticular galaxies"](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2966.2004.07948.x). *Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society*. **352** (3): 721–743. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[astro-ph/0404034](https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0404034). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2004MNRAS.352..721E](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004MNRAS.352..721E). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07948.x](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2966.2004.07948.x). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [13202056](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:13202056). {{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: |last6= has generic name ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#generic_name))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Burgo2007_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Burgo2007_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Burgo2007_5-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Burgo2007_5-3) del Burgo, C.; Carter, D.; Sikkema, G. (6 November 2007). ["Spatial distribution of dust in the shell elliptical NGC 5982"](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%3A20077925). *Astronomy & Astrophysics*. **477** (1): 105–116. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1051/0004-6361:20077925](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%3A20077925). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[11370/368a09be-f392-4b31-9742-ec6defd51219](https://hdl.handle.net/11370%2F368a09be-f392-4b31-9742-ec6defd51219).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Sikkema, G.; Carter, D.; Peletier, R. F.; Balcells, M.; del Burgo, C.; Valentijn, E. A. (26 March 2007). "HST/ACS observations of shell galaxies: inner shells, shell colours and dust". *Astronomy & Astrophysics*. **467** (3): 1011–1024. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[astro-ph/0703588](https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703588). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2007A&A...467.1011S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007A&A...467.1011S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1051/0004-6361:20077078](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%3A20077078). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [18392338](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:18392338).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Sikkema, G.; Peletier, R. F.; Carter, D.; Valentijn, E. A.; Balcells, M. (16 October 2006). "Globular cluster systems of six shell galaxies". *Astronomy & Astrophysics*. **458** (1): 53–67. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[astro-ph/0606385](https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606385). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2006A&A...458...53S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A&A...458...53S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1051/0004-6361:20054606](https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%3A20054606). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [11803473](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:11803473).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Stone, Nicholas C.; Metzger, Brian D. (1 January 2016). ["Rates of stellar tidal disruption as probes of the supermassive black hole mass function"](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstv2281). *Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society*. **455** (1): 859–883. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[1410.7772](https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.7772). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2016MNRAS.455..859S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.455..859S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/mnras/stv2281](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2Fstv2281). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [119308901](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:119308901).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Ho, Luis C.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Sargent, Wallace L. W. (October 1997). "A Search for *Dwarf* Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies". *The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series*. **112** (2): 315–390. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[astro-ph/9704107](https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9704107). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1997ApJS..112..315H](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997ApJS..112..315H). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1086/313041](https://doi.org/10.1086%2F313041). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [17086638](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17086638).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Makarov_10-0)** Makarov, Dmitry; Karachentsev, Igor (21 April 2011). ["Galaxy groups and clouds in the local (z~ 0.01) Universe"](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2966.2010.18071.x). *Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society*. **412** (4): 2498–2520. [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[1011.6277](https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.6277). [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2011MNRAS.412.2498M](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011MNRAS.412.2498M). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18071.x](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2966.2010.18071.x). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [119194025](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:119194025).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** de Vaucouleurs, Gerard Henri; de Vaucouleurs, Antoinette; Shapley, Harlow (1964). *Reference catalogue of bright galaxies*. Austin: University of Texas Press. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1964rcbg.book.....D](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1964rcbg.book.....D).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["The Dragon Slayer - NGC 5985, NGC 5982, NGC 5981 by Ken Crawford"](https://www.universetoday.com/17890/the-dragon-slayer-ngc-5985-ngc-5982-ngc-5981-by-ken-crawford/). *Universe Today*. 10 September 2008.

## External links

- Media related to [NGC 5982](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NGC_5982) at Wikimedia Commons

- NGC 5982 on [WikiSky](/source/WikiSky): [DSS2](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5982&img_source=DSS2), [SDSS](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5982&img_source=SDSS), [GALEX](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5982&img_source=GALEX), [IRAS](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5982&img_source=IRAS), [Hydrogen α](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5982&img_source=HALPHA), [X-Ray](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5982&img_source=RASS), [Astrophoto](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5982&img_source=IMG_all), [Sky Map](http://www.wikisky.org/?object=NGC+5982), [Articles and images](http://www.wikisky.org/starview?object=NGC+5982)

- [NGC 5982 on SIMBAD](http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%205982)

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