| NGC 5920 | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Serpens |
| Right ascension | 15h 21m 51.85s |
| Declination | +07d 42m 31.75s |
| Redshift | 0.04419 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 13,584 km/s |
| Distance | 712 Mly (218.3 Mpc) |
| Group or cluster | MKW 3 |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.6 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.7 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Radio galaxy, BCG |
| Size | 300,000 ly |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 54839, UGC 9822, 4C 07.41, Z 49-145, FIRST J152151.85+074231, PKS 1519+07, 3C 318.1 | |
NGC 5920 is a large lenticular galaxy located in the Serpens constellation.[1][2][3] Discovered on March 30, 1887, by American astronomer Lewis Swift,[4] NGC 5920 is 711 million light-years distant from planet Earth.[5] It is a narrow-line radio galaxy[6] and about 300,000 light-years in diameter.
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