NGC 972
Galaxy NGC 972 |
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Aries |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 02 h 34 m 13.38 s |
declination | + 29 ° 18 ′ 40.6 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sab / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 3.3 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
Position angle | 152 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.005147 ± 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | 1543 ± 6 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(73 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.5 ± 1.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | September 11, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 972 • UGC 2045 • PGC 9788 • CGCG 505-12 • MCG + 05-07-010 • IRAS 02312 + 2905 • KUG 0231 + 290 • 2MASX J02341338 + 2918404 • GC 560 • H II-211 • h 232 • |
NGC 972 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 73 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly. The galaxy has an angular size of 3.3 '× 1.7' and an apparent magnitude of 11.3 mag.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 953 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on September 11, 1784 .
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