NGC 237
| Galaxy NGC 237 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 43 m 27.8 s |
| declination | -00 ° 07 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) cd / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 173 group LGG 10 |
| Redshift | 0.013926 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 4175 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(190 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.4 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Safford |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 237 • UGC 461 • PGC 2597 • CGCG 383-079 • MCG + 00-02-136 • IRAS 00408-0023 • 2MASX J00432788-0007295 • GALEX ASC J004327.85-000731.1 • LDCE 34 NED010 • KIG 33 | |
NGC 237 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 190 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1571 .
The object was discovered on September 27, 1867 by the American astronomer Truman Henry Safford .
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