NGC 963
| Galaxy NGC 963 / IC 1808 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 30 m 31.3 s |
| declination | -04 ° 12 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In the? pec III? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004897 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 1468 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(66 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (20.2 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 963 • IC 1808 • PGC 9545 • MCG -01-07-017 • IRAS F02280-0426 • KUG 0228-044 • 2MASX J02303129-0412555 • | |
NGC 963 = IC 1808 is an irregular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Irr in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 66 million light years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter.
The property was built in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 26-inch - telescope discovered.
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Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0963" overwrites the previously used key "IC1808".