NGC 982
| Galaxy NGC 982 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 35 m 24.9 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 52 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 132 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019137 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 5737 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(262 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.3 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 982 • UGC 2066 • PGC 9838 • CGCG 539-056 • MCG + 07-06-039 • IRAS 02322 + 4039 • 2MASX J02352485 + 4052109 • GC 566 • H III 573 • h 236 • NVSS J023525 + 405211 • LDCE 224 NED042 | |
NGC 982 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Andromeda on the northern sky . It is an estimated 262 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly. It is likely to form a bound galaxy pair with NGC 980 .
The galaxy was discovered on October 17, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel .
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