NGC 5970

NGC 5970 is a large barred-spiral galaxy located about 90 million light years away in the constellation Serpens Caput. It appears to have two satellite or companion galaxies. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.^[2] It was discovered on March 15, 1784, by the astronomer William Herschel.^[5]

NGC 5970
NGC 5970 imaged by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Serpens Caput
Right ascension	15h 38m 29.96s[1]
Declination	+12° 11′ 11.9″[1]
Redshift	0.00661[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1974 km/s[2]
Distance	91.91 ± 0.65 Mly (28.18 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.61[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.00[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(r)c[4]
Other designations
UGC 9943, MCG +02-40-006, PGC 55665[2]

LINER-type emission has been detected from the disk of NGC 5970.^[6]

Observations

NGC 5970 can be seen 1° southwest of the star Chi Serpentis. A faint halo of dust can be seen around the galaxy's outer spiral arms.