NGC 2964
| Galaxy NGC 2964 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 42 m 54.22 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 50 ′ 48.5 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 97 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 235 |
| Redshift | 0.004430 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 1328 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.7 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 7, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2964 • UGC 5183 • PGC 27777 • CGCG 152-056 • MCG + 05-23-027 • IRAS 09399 + 3204 • KUG 0939 + 320 • 2MASX J09425425 + 3150499 • Mrk 404 • GC 1896 • H I 114 • h 622 • NVSS J094254 + 315051 • LDCE 676 NED001 • KTG 25A | |
NGC 2964 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBbc and lies in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 58 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years across. Together with NGC 2968 and NGC 2970 , it forms the isolated galaxy triplet KTG 25 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2981 and NGC 2944 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on December 7, 1785 .
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