NGC 293
| Galaxy NGC 293 |
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| NGC 293 with PGC 3186 (r.) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 54 m 15.9 s |
| declination | -07 ° 14 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 19 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019143 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 5739 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(259 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.4 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 27, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 293 • PGC 3195 • MCG -01-03-030 • IRAS 00517-0730 • 2MASX J00541594-0714079 • GC 5122 • GALEX ASC J005415.85-071408.2 | |
NGC 293 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type Sbc in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 259 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 274 , NGC 275 , NGC 297 , NGC 298 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on September 27, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .