NGC 2942
| Galaxy NGC 2942 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 39 m 07.9 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 00 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014754 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (4423 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(196 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.2 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 6, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2942 • UGC 5140 • PGC 27527 • CGCG 181-076 • MCG + 06-21-065 • KUG 0936 + 342 • 2MASX J09390795 + 3400223 • LDCE 0665 NED003 | |
NGC 2942 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo Minor. It is estimated to be 196 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 6, 1828 by John Herschel .
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