---
title: "UGC 6955"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-6955"
release: "DR1"
licence: "VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. UGC 6955 [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-6955"
---

# UGC 6955

UGC 6955 is a spiral [galaxy](https://spacecatalog.org/galaxies) SA\_B in the constellation [Ursa Major](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/ursa-major), 44.31 Mly from Earth, shining at apparent magnitude 12.90 (B). Other catalogues list it as PGC 37689 and WISExSCOS J115829.91+380434.7.

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Spiral galaxy
- **HOW FAR:** 44.31 Mly — A luminosity distance, from its redshift — how faint it looks. The light itself left 52.1 million years ago.
- **HOW BIG ON THE SKY:** 2.4′ — Small enough that the full Moon would cover it several times over.
- **HOW BRIGHT (B):** 12.90 — A small telescope reaches it.
- **WHERE TO LOOK:** [Ursa Major](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/ursa-major) — The patch of sky it sits in, as seen from Earth.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | Spiral galaxy SA\_B |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 44.31 Mly ±12 — by luminosity distance from a photometric redshift (GLADE+), flat ΛCDM with H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE (B) | 12.90 |
| ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE (B) | −17.77 |
| CONSTELLATION | Ursa Major |
| RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) | 11h 58m 30.0s |
| DECLINATION (J2000) | +38° 04′ 33.8″ |

## Catalogue data

### WHAT KIND OF THING IT IS

What the object is in itself, rather than how it happens to look from here.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Hubble type | SA\_B |
| Stellar mass | 9 342 417 ±6.5×10⁶ M☉ |

### HOW BRIGHT IT IS

What the light adds up to, measured through one filter at a time. A magnitude is a brightness on a backwards scale — the smaller the number, the brighter the object.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.90 |

### WHERE IT IS AND HOW IT MOVES

Position, motion across the sky and the size it covers on it. These are measurements of the object as seen from here, so every one of them depends on where here is.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Redshift (z) | 0.00374094 |
| Redshift (z, CMB frame) | 0.00316437 |
| Major axis | 2.36835′ |
| Minor axis | 0.937394′ |
| Position angle | 68° |

### WHERE THESE FIGURES CAME FROM

Which catalogue, paper or model each of the fields above was read from, where the source named one.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Morphology from | SIMBAD (2019MNRAS.488..590B, quality C) |

## Also known as

- PGC: PGC 37689
- WISExSCOS: WISExSCOS J115829.91+380434.7

## Source

[GLADE+ (Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era)](https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/291) — VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)

The producer asks: Dálya et al. 2022, MNRAS 514, 1403 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D) — "Please cite this paper when using GLADE+ data" — via VizieR VII/291. This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier). The original description of the VizieR service was published in 2000, A&AS 143, 23.

How this was made: https://spacecatalog.org/methods#source-glade-plus

## Cite this page

SpaceCatalog. UGC 6955 \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-6955

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_ugc-6955,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{UGC 6955}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-6955},
  note         = {Catalogue entry, data release DR1 (2026-08-21). Values from GLADE+ (Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era).}
}
```

GLADE+ (Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era) — VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)

Acknowledgement the producer asks for: Dálya et al. 2022, MNRAS 514, 1403 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D) — "Please cite this paper when using GLADE+ data" — via VizieR VII/291. This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier). The original description of the VizieR service was published in 2000, A&AS 143, 23.

The page itself, with its pictures, the sky map and the observing tools: https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-6955