NGC 2971
| Galaxy NGC 2971 |
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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 46.1 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 10 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022622 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | (6782 ± 28) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(302 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (92.6 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2971 • UGC 5197 • PGC 27843 • CGCG 181-087 / 182-005 • MCG + 06-22-005 • 2MASX J09434612 + 3610461 • | |
NGC 2971 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Little Leo. It is an estimated 302 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on March 26, 1884 .
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