NGC 2940
| Galaxy NGC 2940 |
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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 38 m 05.2 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 37 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 228 |
| Redshift | 0.028760 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 8622 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(380 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (116.4 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ernst WL Temple |
| Discovery date | 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2940 • PGC 27448 • CGCG 063-023 • MCG + 02-25-012 • 2MASX J09380516 + 0936598 • GALEX ASC J093805.27 + 093659.4 • NSA 51873 | |
NGC 2940 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 380 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2913 , NGC 2939 , IC 548 .
The object was discovered in 1877 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
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