NGC 974
Galaxy NGC 974 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | triangle |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 02 h 34 m 25.8 s |
declination | + 32 ° 57 ′ 16 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs) b: |
Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
Position angle | 63 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 066 |
Redshift | 0.015010 ± 0.000023 |
Radial velocity | 4500 ± 7 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(206 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (63.1 ± 4.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | November 22, 1827 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 974 • UGC 2049 • PGC 9802 • CGCG 505-015 • MCG + 05-07-012 • IRAS 02314 + 3243 • 2MASX J02342577 + 3257160 • LDCE 176 NED017 |
NGC 974 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Triangulum at the northern sky . It is an estimated 206 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 969 , NGC 970 , NGC 973 , NGC 978 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2017hju was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 22nd, 1827 .