NGC 2969
| Galaxy NGC 2969 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 41 m 54.5 s |
| declination | -08 ° 36 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c pec: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016545 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (4960 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(214 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.5 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2969 • PGC 27714 • MCG -01-25-021 • 2MASX J09415451-0836110 • Mrk 1235 • GC 1900 • H III 527 • h 628 • | |
NGC 2969 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Sextant. It is an estimated 214 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 27, 1786 .