NGC 2965
| Galaxy NGC 2965 |
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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 43 m 19.1 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 14 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 64 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022459 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 6733 ± 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(300 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (91.9 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2965 • UGC 5191 • PGC 27813 • CGCG 181-086 • 182-004 • MCG + 06-22-003 • 2MASX J09431915 + 3614521 • GC 1897 • H III 751 • h 623 • GALEX ASC J094319.22 + 361451.3 • LDCE 668 NED003 | |
NGC 2965 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 and is located in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 300 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2955 , NGC 2971 , IC 2500 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on December 31, 1788 .
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