NGC 964

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Galaxy
NGC 964 / IC 1814
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NGC 964 with PGC 9571 (lo)
NGC 964 with PGC 9571 (lo)
AladinLite
Constellation Chemical furnace
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 31 m 05.8 s
declination -36 ° 02 ′ 05 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 12.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.5 likes
Angular expansion 2.1 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 31 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015921 ± 0.000040  
Radial velocity 4773 ± 12 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(209 ± 15)  x  10 6  ly
(64.2 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date September 1, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  964 • IC  1814 • PGC  9582 • ESO  355-024 • MCG  -06-06-010 • IRAS  02290-3615 • 2MASX  J02310577-3602046 • SGC  022902-3615.3 • GALEX ASC J023105.87-360203.4

NGC 964 = IC 1814 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 209 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy IC 1816 .

The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 1, 1834 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 964
  3. Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0964" overwrites the previously used key "IC1814".