NGC 919

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Galaxy
NGC 919
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Aries
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 26 m 16.7 s
declination + 27 ° 12 ′ 44 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 138 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034521 +/- 0.000067  
Radial velocity 10,349 +/- 20 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(467 ± 33)  ·  10 6  Lj
(143.1 ± 10.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date September 5, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  919 • UGC  1894 • PGC  9267 • CGCG  483-049 • MCG  + 04-06-039 • 2MASX  J02261667 + 2712433 • GALEX ASC J022616.75 + 271240.2 • LDCE 163 NED018

NGC 919 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type Sab in the constellation ram on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 467 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 165,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 904 , NGC 915 , NGC 916 , NGC 928 .

The object was on 5 September 1864 by the astronomer Albert Marth using a 48-inch - telescope discovered.

Web links

Commons : NGC 919  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 919
  3. ^ Aladin Lite
  4. Seligman