NGC 2943
| Galaxy NGC 2943 |
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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 32.9 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 01 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.20 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 229 |
| Redshift | 0.027943 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 8377 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(370 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (113.4 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2943 • UGC 5136 • PGC 27482 • CGCG 092-019 • MCG + 03-25-011 • 2MASX J09383289 + 1701527 • SDSS J093832.86 + 170152.6 • USGC U242 NED02 • HOLM 136A | |
NGC 2943 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E5 in the constellation Leo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 370 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 245,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 2941 , 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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