NGC 972
| Galaxy NGC 972 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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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 |
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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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