NGC 2926
| Galaxy NGC 2926 |
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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 37 m 31.0 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 50 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBc (r) |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014550 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4362 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(193 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.3 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Johann Palisa |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2926 • UGC 5125 • PGC 27400 • CGCG 181-071 • MCG + 06-21-060 • IRAS 09345 + 3304 • KUG 0934 + 330 • 2MASX J09373100 + 3250286 • NVSS J093730 + 325026 • LDCE 665 NED001 | |
NGC 2926 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 193 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2944 .
The type Ic supernova SN 2012C was observed here.
The object was discovered by Johann Palisa on March 27, 1886 .
Web links
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