NGC 2981
Galaxy NGC 2981 |
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NGC 2981 with LEDA 213629 (ru) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lion |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 09 h 44 m 56.6 s |
declination | + 31 ° 05 ′ 52 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc: |
Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 1.0' |
Position angle | 77 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.034711 ± 0.000030 |
Radial velocity | 10,406 ± 9 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(463 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (142.0 ± 9.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Samuel Oppenheim |
Discovery date | March 27, 1886 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2981 • UGC 5208 • PGC 27925 • CGCG 152-062 • MCG + 05-23-032 • 2MASX J09445655 + 3105519 • NSA 085507 |
NGC 2981 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 463 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 165,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2964 , NGC 2968 , NGC 2970 , among others .
The object was discovered by Samuel Oppenheim on March 27, 1886 .
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