NGC 5985

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco}} {{Infobox galaxy | name = NGC 5985 | image = Draco-Triplet.png | image_size = 250px | caption = Draco galaxy triplet with NGC 5985 (bottom), [[NGC 5982]] (middle), and NGC 5981 (top) | epoch = [[J2000]] | constellation name = [[Draco (constellation)|Draco]] | ra = {{RA|15|39|37.090}}<ref name=2MASS>{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}</ref> | dec = {{DEC|+59|19|55.02}}<ref name=2MASS/> | z = 0.008396<ref name=ned>{{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+5985&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=NED results for object NGC 5985|access-date=15 February 2017|publisher=[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] / [[Infrared Processing and Analysis Center]]}}</ref> | h_radial_v = 2517<ref name=ned/> | dist_ly = {{convert|43.050|+/-|10.785|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=ned/> | group_cluster = | type = SAB(r)b | size = {{convert|72630|pc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=ned/> | appmag_v = 14.22<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 5985|access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> | appmag_b = 15.24<ref name=SIMBAD/> | absmag_v = | size_v = 5.495{{prime}} (major axis)<ref name=ned/>  | notes = In a triplet of galaxies<ref name=ned/> | names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 9969, [[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MGC]]+10-22-030, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 55725 }} '''NGC 5985''' is a [[spiral galaxy]] located in the northern constellation [[Draco (constellation)|Draco]]. NGC 5985 was discovered by [[William Herschel]] in 1788.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc59a.htm#5985|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5950 - 5999|author=Courtney Seligman|access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery> File:NGC 5985 hst 06359 606.png|NGC 5985 by [[Hubble Space Telescope]] File:NGC5985 - SDSS DR14.jpg|NGC 5985 by [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] </gallery>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 5985}} [[Category:Intermediate spiral galaxies]] [[Category:NGC objects|5985]] [[Category:Draco (constellation)]]