NGC 2958
| Galaxy NGC 2958 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 40 m 41.6 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 53 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S (r) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022225 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6663 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(293 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (89.7 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 7, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2958 • UGC 5160 • PGC 27620 • CGCG 063-033 • MCG + 02-25-015 • IRAS 09379 + 1206 • 2MASX J09404160 + 1153183 • GALEX ASC J094041.67 + 115317.0 • LDCE 667 NED001 | |
NGC 2958 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sbc in Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 293 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
The galaxy IC 554 is located in the same area of the sky .
The type II supernova SN 2000I was observed here.
The object was discovered on March 7, 1877 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan .