NGC 936
| Galaxy NGC 936 |
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| Recording of the Very Large Telescope of ESO | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 27 m 37.4 s |
| declination | -01 ° 09 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.7 ′ × 4.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC-936 group LGG 60 |
| Redshift | 0.004770 ± 0.000014 |
| Radial velocity | 1430 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(65 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (19.8 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 936 • UGC 1929 • PGC 9359 • CGCG 388-018 • MCG + 00-07-017 • 2MASX J02273746-0109226 • GC 544 • H IV 23 • h 223 • HIPASS J0227-01 • LDCE 174 NED002 | |
NGC 936 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 65 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 926 , NGC 934 , NGC 941 , NGC 955 .
The type IaP supernova SN 2003gs was observed here.
The object was discovered on January 6, 1785 by the British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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