NGC 963

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Galaxy
NGC 963 / IC 1808
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 30 m 31.3 s
declination -04 ° 12 ′ 56 ″
Appearance
Morphological type In the? pec III?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.004897 ± 0.000110  
Radial velocity 1468 ± 33 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(66 ± 5)  x  10 6  ly
(20.2 ± 1.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Francis Leavenworth
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  963 • IC  1808 • PGC  9545 • MCG  -01-07-017 • IRAS  F02280-0426 • KUG  0228-044 • 2MASX  J02303129-0412555 •

NGC 963 = IC 1808 is an irregular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Irr in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 66 million light years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter.

The property was built in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 26-inch - telescope discovered.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : NGC 963
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0963" overwrites the previously used key "IC1808".