NGC 2916
| Galaxy NGC 2916 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 34 m 57.6 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 42 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) b? |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012442 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (3730 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(163 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.0 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 16, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2916 • UGC 5103 • PGC 27244 • CGCG 122-021 • MCG + 04-23-011 • 2MASX J09345756 + 2142189 • GC 1872 • H II 260 • h 610 • | |
NGC 2916 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 163 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 16, 1784 .
Web links
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