NGC 5876

{{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 = NGC 5876

| image = NGC 5876 SDSS2.jpg

| caption= The barred spiral galaxy NGC 5876

| constellation name = Boötes

| epoch = J2000

| type = SB(r)ab?{{cite web

| website=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| title=Results for object NGC 5876

| publisher = NASA and Caltech

| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+5876

| access-date=15 August 2024}}

| ra = {{RA|15|09|31.5811}}

| dec = {{DEC|+54|30|23.521}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|49.05 ± 3.43|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = NGC 5908 Group (LGG 395)

| z = 0.010851

| h_radial_v = 3253 ± 2 km/s

| appmag_v = 12.7

| size_v = {{Val|2.4|×|1.2|u=arcminute}}{{r|ned}}

| size = ~{{convert|53.43|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| names = {{odlist | IC= 1111 | PGC= 54110 | UGC= 9747 | CGCG= 274-028 | MCG= +09-25-028 | IRAS= F15081+5441 | 2MASX= J15093156+5430228}}

}}

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 distance of 49.05 ± 3.43 Mpc (~160 million light-years). However, three non redshift measurements give a much greater distance of 65.6 ± 0.346 Mpc (~214 million light-years).{{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}} 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 Index Catalogue as IC 1111.{{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 }}

According to the SIMBAD database, NGC 5876 is a LINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.{{cite simbad | title=NGC 5876 | access-date=17 December 2024}}

One supernova has been observed in NGC 5876: SN 2024igg (type Ia-SC, mag. 17.7639) was discovered by the Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events (ALeRCE) on 7 May 2024.{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN 2024igg | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024igg |publisher = IAU | access-date=15 August 2024}}

== NGC 5908 Group ==

NGC 5876 is part of the NGC 5908 group (also known as LGG 395), which includes at least six other members: NGC 5820, NGC 5821, NGC 5874, NGC 5905, NGC 5908, and UGC 9759.{{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 }}