NGC 2967
| Galaxy NGC 2967 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 42 m 03.3 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 20 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 ′ × 2.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 182 |
| Redshift | 0.016545 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (4960 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(78 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (23.9 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 20, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2967 • UGC 5180 • PGC 27723 • CGCG 007-020 • MCG + 00-25-007 • 2MASX J09420333 + 0020113 • GC 1898 • H II 275 • h 626 • LDCE 0671 NED001 | |
NGC 2967 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Sextant. It is an estimated 78 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 20, 1784 .