About NGC 5910
NGC 5910 is a rare galaxy. It sits in the constellation Se1.
A triple galaxy system — three island universes tangled together, on a course that ends with them merging into one.
Rare galaxy 36 EP
NGC 5910
RA 229.8546° · Dec 20.8950° · openngc
Score breakdown
· 2 badgesRare 50 pts → Epic
- Galaxy triplet +22
- Galaxy +14
Total score 36
14 more points to reach Epic.
Badges
- Galaxy · +14
- Galaxy triplet · +22
Trivia
What it actually is
- What it actually is. A triple galaxy system — three island universes tangled together, on a course that ends with them merging into one.
Sense of scale
- Sense of scale. Galaxies pass through each other almost without collisions — the stars are so far apart that they simply miss.
- Scale. Home to hundreds of billions of stars — a universe unto itself, and every one of those points of light could have planets.
Find it in the sky
- Where to look. You'll find it in the constellation Serpens Caput.
- Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
- Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around May — that's when to go looking.
How we came to know it
- The New General Catalogue. Its NGC number comes from J. L. E. Dreyer's 1888 catalogue, itself built on decades of sky sweeps by William Herschel and his sister Caroline.
Properties
- constellation
- Se1
- dso type
- GTrpl
- name
- NGC 5910
- size arcmin
- 1.1
Nearby objects
- Uncommon NGC 5910 NED02 galaxy · <0.1° away
- Uncommon NGC 5910 NED01 galaxy · <0.1° away
- Uncommon NGC 5910 NED03 galaxy · <0.1° away
- Uncommon HR 5692 star · 0.4° away
- Trash HD 136596 star · 0.4° away
- Trash HIP 74879 star · 0.4° away
- Trash HD 135947 star · 0.5° away
- Uncommon GL GJ 9520 variable star · 0.6° away
How to see it
Look for NGC 5910 in the constellation Se1.
Like any astronomical target, NGC 5910 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why NGC 5910 is a rare galaxy
NGC 5910 scores 36 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Galaxy and Galaxy triplet — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.