NGC 953
| Galaxy NGC 953 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 31 m 09.8 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 35 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015758 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 4724 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.1 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | September 26, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 953 • UGC 1991 • PGC 9586 • CGCG 505-001 • 504-104 • MCG + 05-07-001 • 2MASX J02310976 + 2935193 • GALEX ASC J023109.82 + 293519.7 • LDCE 176 NED011 | |
NGC 953 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Triangle in the northern sky . It is an estimated 216 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 972 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on September 26, 1865 .