NGC 929
| Galaxy NGC 929 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 27 m 18.2 s |
| declination | -12 ° 05 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016018 +/- 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 4802 +/- 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(214 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.5 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 929 • PGC 9334 • MCG -02-07-009 • IRAS F02249-1218 • 2MASX J02271820-1205129 • LEDA 9334 | |
NGC 929 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 214 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 224 .
The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .