NGC 2951
| Galaxy NGC 2951 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 39 m 40.4 s |
| declination | -00 ° 14 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | 1/2: S0-: pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 1: 14.7 mag 2: 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 1: 15.7 mag 2: 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1: 0.50 ′ × 0.3 ′ 2: 0.50 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 1: 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 1: 12.7 mag / arcmin² 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016104 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | (4828 ± 37) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(209 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (64.0 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | February 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2951 • PGC 27562/1148459 • CGCG 007-017 • MCG + 00-25-006 • 2MASX J09394090-0014062 • | |
NGC 2951 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Hydra. It is an estimated 209 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on February 6, 1864 .