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NGC 5915

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ1124009 ↗
Source-derived summary

NGC 5915 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Libra. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2449 ± 13 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 36.12 ± 2.54 Mpc (~118 million light-years). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 5 June 1836.

NGC 5915 forms a galaxy triplet due to gravitational interactions with NGC 5916 and NGC 5916A (also known as PGC 54779).

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 5915: SN 2023cpt (Type Ic, mag 17.1) was discovered by ATLAS on 27 February 2023.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “NGC 5915” as galaxy. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around galaxy.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1836, 2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with galaxy providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “NGC 5915” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.