NGC 2929
| Galaxy NGC 2929 |
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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 29.8 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 09 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 144 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 227-001 |
| Redshift | 0.025047 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 7509 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(332 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (101.9 ± 7.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | February 21, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2929 • UGC 5126 • PGC 27398 • CGCG 122-034 • MCG + 04-23-017 • IRAS 09346 + 2323 • 2MASX J09372979 + 2309421 • NVSS J093729 + 230941 • HOLM 134B • LDCE 661 NED002 | |
NGC 2929 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 332 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 120,000 ly. Together with NGC 2930 and NGC 2931 , it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy trio Holm 134 .
The type Ia supernova SN 2010jn was observed here.
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on February 21, 1863 .
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