NGC 2955
| Galaxy NGC 2955 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 41 m 16.6 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 52 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023393 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (7013 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.8 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2955 • UGC 5166 • PGC 27666 • CGCG 181-082 • MCG + 06-21-073 • 2MASX J09411660 + 3552556 • GC 1891 • H III 541 • h 620 • LDCE 0668 NED001 | |
NGC 2955 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Leo Minor. It is an estimated 312 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 28, 1786 .
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