NGC 932
Galaxy NGC 932 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aries |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 02 h 27 m 54.7 s |
declination | + 20 ° 19 ′ 57 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAa |
Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.90 × 1.6 |
Position angle | 42 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 61 |
Redshift | 0.013603 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 4078 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(186 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.9 ± 4.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | November 29, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 932 • UGC 1931 • PGC 9379 • CGCG 462-014 • MCG + 03-07-014 • 2MASX J02275468 + 2019575 • GC 543 • H II 489 • NSA 131927 • LDCE 168 NED003 |
NGC 932 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Aries at the northern sky . It is an estimated 186 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 924 , NGC 935 , NGC 938 , IC 1797 .
The object was discovered by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel on November 29, 1785.