NGC 2938
| Galaxy NGC 2938 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 38 m 23.8 s |
| declination | + 76 ° 19 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007622 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | (2285 ± 11) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(108 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (33.1 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 2, 1801 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2938 • UGC 5115 • PGC 27473 • CGCG 350-027 • MCG + 13-07-032 • 2MASX J09382377 + 7619106 • GC 1883 • H III 963 • h 612 • | |
NGC 2938 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Dragon. It is estimated to be 108 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 2nd, 1801 .