NGC 981
| Galaxy NGC 981 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 32 m 59.9 s |
| declination | -10 ° 58 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015147 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 4541 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(202 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.0 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 981 • PGC 9710 • MCG -02-07-030 • IRAS 02305-1111 • KUG 0230-111 • 2MASX J02325989-1058261 • GALEX ASC J023259.81-105825.0 | |
NGC 981 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 202 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 942 , NGC 950 , NGC 977 , IC 1818 .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .