NGC 2948
Galaxy NGC 2948 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
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 |
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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