NGC 5944

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NGC 5944 est une lointaine galaxie spirale située dans la constellation du Serpent. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de 10 268 ± 11 km/s, ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de 151 ± 11 Mpc (∼493 millions d'al). NGC 5944 a été découverte par l'astronome américain Lewis Swift en 1887.

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