NGC 964
| Galaxy NGC 964 / IC 1814 |
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| NGC 964 with PGC 9571 (lo) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 31 m 05.8 s |
| declination | -36 ° 02 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 31 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015921 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 4773 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(209 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (64.2 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 964 • IC 1814 • PGC 9582 • ESO 355-024 • MCG -06-06-010 • IRAS 02290-3615 • 2MASX J02310577-3602046 • SGC 022902-3615.3 • GALEX ASC J023105.87-360203.4 | |
NGC 964 = IC 1814 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 209 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 1816 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on September 1, 1834 .
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Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0964" overwrites the previously used key "IC1814".