NGC 2960
| Galaxy NGC 2960 |
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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 40 m 36.4 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 34 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa? / Sy3 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.016451 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4932 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(214 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.6 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 4, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2960 • UGC 5159 • PGC 27619 • CGCG 035-026 • MCG + 01-25-009 • IRAS 09380 + 0348 • 2MASX J09403637 + 0334369 • GC 1894 • h 621 • NVSS J094036 + 033437 | |
NGC 2960 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Water Snake south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 214 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 549 .
The object was discovered on March 4, 1826 by the astronomer John Herschel .