NGC 2928
| Galaxy NGC 2928 |
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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 10.1 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 58 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027784 ± 0.000096 |
| Radial velocity | 8329 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(368 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (112.8 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2928 • PGC 27380 • CGCG 092-011 • MCG + 03-25-005 • IRAS = 9343 + 1712 • 2MASX J09371010 + 1658380 • GALEX ASC J093710.16 + 165837.3 • USGC U242 NED06 | |
NGC 2928 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 368 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2923 , NGC 2933 , NGC 2934 , NGC 2941 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 1, 1864 .
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