NGC 2963
| Galaxy NGC 2963 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 47 m 50.4 s |
| declination | + 72 ° 57 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBab / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022899 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | (6865 ± 41) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.7 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2963 • UGC 5222 • PGC 28155 • CGCG 332-065 / 333-003 • MCG + 12-10-003 • 2MASX J09475038 + 7257515 • Mrk 122 • GC 1895 • H III 315 • h 619 • | |
NGC 2963 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation of Dragon. It is an estimated 312 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 3, 1785 .