NGC 2948
| Galaxy NGC 2948 |
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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 59.2 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 57 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 7 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.016621 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 4983 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(217 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.5 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2948 • UGC 5141 • PGC 27518 • CGCG 035-020 • MCG + 01-25-007 • IRAS 9363 + 0710 • 2MASX J09385921 + 0657199 • GC 1887 • H III 519 • h 615 • GALEX ASC J093859.22 + 065720.9 • 2MIG 1306 | |
NGC 2948 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Leo, north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 217 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 551 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 24, 1786 .
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