NGC 934

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Galaxy
NGC 934
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 02 h 27 m 32.9 s
declination -00 ° 14 ′ 40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB0-  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 130 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.021191 ± 0.000073  
Radial velocity 6353 ± 22 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(285 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(87.3 ± 6.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ernst Leberecht Temple
Discovery date 1876
Catalog names
NGC  934 • UGC  1926 • PGC  9352 • CGCG  388-017 • MCG  + 00-07-016 • IRAS  02235-0033 • 2MASX  J02273292-0014404 • GALEX ASC J022732.98-001442.0

NGC 934 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated at 285 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 926 , NGC 936 , NGC 941 .

The property was built in 1876 by the astronomer Wilhelm Tempel using a 28.3-cm - telescope discovered.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 934
  3. Seligman