---
title: "UGC 9972"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-9972"
release: "DR1"
licence: "VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. UGC 9972 [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-9972"
---

# UGC 9972

UGC 9972 is a [galaxy](https://spacecatalog.org/galaxies) in the constellation [Draco](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/draco), 209.9 Mly from Earth, shining at apparent magnitude 15.06 (B). Other catalogues list it as 2MASX 15394898+5948553 and WISExSCOS J153948.86+594856.3.

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Galaxy
- **HOW FAR:** 209.9 Mly — A luminosity distance, from its redshift — how faint it looks. The light itself left 191 million years ago.
- **HOW BRIGHT (B):** 15.06 — Faint: it takes a large telescope.
- **WHERE TO LOOK:** [Draco](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/draco) — The patch of sky it sits in, as seen from Earth.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | Galaxy |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 209.9 Mly +217 / −210 — by luminosity distance from a photometric redshift (GLADE+), flat ΛCDM with H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE (B) | 15.06 |
| ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE (B) | −18.99 |
| CONSTELLATION | Draco |
| RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) | 15h 39m 49.0s |
| DECLINATION (J2000) | +59° 48′ 55.4″ |

## 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 |
| --- | --- |
| Stellar mass | 9.34×10⁸ ±2.8×10⁹ 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) | 15.06 |
| Apparent magnitude (J) | 13.74 |
| Apparent magnitude (H band) | 13.22 |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 12.81 |

### 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) | 0.013811 |
| Redshift (z, CMB frame) | 0.0148605 |

## Also known as

- 2MASX: 2MASX 15394898+5948553
- WISExSCOS: WISExSCOS J153948.86+594856.3

## 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 9972 \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-9972

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_ugc-9972,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{UGC 9972}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-9972},
  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-9972