NGC 5947

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NGC 5947 est une galaxie spirale barrée située dans la constellation du Bouvier. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de 6 020 ± 7 km/s, ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de 88,8 ± 6,2 Mpc (∼290 millions d'al). NGC 5947 a été découverte par l'astronome français Édouard Stephan en 1884.

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