NGC 2941
| Galaxy NGC 2941 |
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| NGC 2943 & NGC 2941 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 38 m 24.2 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 02 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 163 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 229 |
| Redshift | 0.024554 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | 7361 ± 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(325 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.5 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2941 • PGC 27470 • CGCG 092-017 • MCG + 03-25-009 • IRAS F09356 + 1716 • 2MASX J09382422 + 1702398 • GALEX ASC J093824.25 + 170239.7 • USGC U242 NED04 • HOLM 136B | |
NGC 2941 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 325 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 2943 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 136 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2928 , NGC 2933 , NGC 2934 , NGC 2946 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 1, 1864 .
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