{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Boötes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Sky|15|09|31.5811|+|54|30|23.521}} {{Infobox Galaxy | name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 5876 | image = NGC 5876 SDSS2.jpg | caption = NGC 5876 imaged by [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] | constellation name = [[Boötes]] | epoch = [[J2000]] | type = SB(r)ab?<ref name="ned">{{cite web | website = NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | title = Results for object NGC 5876 | publisher = [[NASA]] and [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] | url = https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+5876 | access-date = 15 August 2024}}</ref> | ra = {{RA|15|09|31.5811}}<ref name="ned" /> | dec = {{DEC|+54|30|23.521}}<ref name="ned" /> | dist_ly = {{convert|49.05 ± 3.43|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name="ned" /> | group_cluster = NGC 5908 Group (LGG 395) | z = 0.010851<ref name="ned" /> | h_radial_v = 3253 ± 2 km/s<ref name="ned" /> | appmag_v = 12.7<ref name="ned" /> | size_v = {{Val|2.4|×|1.2|u=arcminute}}{{r|ned}} | size = ~{{convert|53.43|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)<ref name ="ned" /> | names = {{odlist | IC= 1111 | PGC= 54110 | UGC= 9747 | CGCG= 274-028 | MCG= +09-25-028 | IRAS= F15081+5441 | 2MASX= J15093156+5430228}}<ref name="ned" /> }}
'''NGC 5876''' is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Boötes]]. Its velocity with respect to the [[cosmic microwave background]] is 3325 ± 5 km/s, which corresponds to a [[Hubble's law|Hubble distance]] of 49.05 ± 3.43 [[Megaparsec|Mpc]] (~160 million [[light-years]]).<ref name="ned" /> However, three ''non redshift'' measurements give a much greater distance of 65.6 ± 0.346 Mpc (~214 million light-years).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+5876 | title = Distance Results for NGC 5876 | website = NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE | publisher = [[NASA]] | access-date = 15 August 2024}}</ref> The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer [[Lewis Swift]] on 11 June 1885. Swift observed the galaxy again on August 27, 1888, and not realizing that he had already observed it, entered the galaxy into the [[New General Catalogue#Index_Catalogue|Index Catalogue]] as IC 1111.<ref name="seg">{{cite web | url = https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc58a.htm#5876 | title = NGC 2805 | last = Seligman | first = Courtney | website = Celestial Atlas | access-date = 15 August 2024 }}</ref>
According to the [[SIMBAD]] database, NGC 5876 is a [[Low-ionization_nuclear_emission-line_region|LINER]] galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.<ref name="SIMBAD">{{cite simbad | title=NGC 5876 | access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>
== NGC 5908 Group == NGC 5876 is part of the NGC 5908 [[galaxy_group|group]] (also known as [[Lyons_Groups_of_Galaxies|LGG]] 395), which includes at least six other members: [[NGC 5820]], [[NGC 5821]], {{ill|NGC 5874|fr}}, [[NGC 5905]], {{ill|NGC 5908|fr}}, and {{ill|UGC 9759|d|Q60239345}}.<ref>{{cite journal|bibcode=1993A&AS..100...47G |title=General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups |last1=Garcia |first1=A. M. |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series |date=1993 |volume=100 |page=47 }}</ref>
==Supernova== One [[supernova]] has been observed in NGC 5876: '''SN 2024igg''' ([[type Ia supernova|Type Ia-SC]], mag. 17.7639) was discovered by the ''Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events'' (ALeRCE) on 7 May 2024.<ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN 2024igg | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024igg |publisher = [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] | access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>
== See also == * [[List of NGC objects (5001–6000)]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} {{WikiSky}}
{{Catalogs|NGC=5876|UGC=9747}} {{Boötes}} {{Ngc60}}
[[Category:NGC objects|5876]] [[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|054110]] [[Category:MCG objects|+09-25-028]] [[Category:IC objects]] [[Category:UGC objects|09747]] [[Category:IRAS catalogue objects|F15081+5441]] [[Category:Boötes]] [[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1885|18850611]] [[Category:Discoveries by Lewis Swift]] [[Category:barred spiral galaxies]] [[Category:LINER galaxies]]