NGC 940
| Galaxy NGC 940 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 29 m 27.5 s |
| declination | + 31 ° 38 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 58 |
| Redshift | 0.017075 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 5119 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(234 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (71.6 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 940 • UGC 1964 • PGC 9478 • CGCG 504-095 • MCG + 05-06-050 • IRAS 02264 + 3125 • 2MASX J02292749 + 3138271 • GALEX ASC J022927.50 + 313827.1 • LDCE 176 NED008 | |
NGC 940 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Triangle in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 234 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 917 , NGC 931 , IC 1800 , among others .
The object was by astronomer d'Heinrich arrest on September 26, 1865 using a 27.5-cm - telescope discovered.