NGC 2922
| Galaxy NGC 2922 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 36 m 52.5 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 41 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 103 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.014573 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4369 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(194 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.6 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2922 • UGC 5118 • PGC 27361 • CGCG 181-066 • MCG + 06-21-057 • IRAS 09337 + 3755 • KUG 0933 + 379 • 2MASX J09365245 + 3741411 • NVSS J093652 + 374141 • KIG 355 • 2MIG 1298 | |
NGC 2922 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation Leo Minor at the northern sky . It is an estimated 194 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 2493 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on March 18, 1884 .
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