NGC 2949
| Galaxy NGC 2949 |
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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 39 m 56.2 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 47 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 1/2: 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 1/2: 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1: 0.60 ′ × 0.3 ′ 2: 0.60 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 1: 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 1: 12.4 mag / arcmin² 2: 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.048555 ± 0.000196 |
| Radial velocity | (14556 ± 59) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(646 ± 45) x 10 6 ly (198.1 ± 13.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2949 • PGC 27579 • CGCG 092-025 • | |
NGC 2949 is an interacting pair of galaxies, both of the Hubble-type S0, in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 640 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on April 1, 1864 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 2949 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
