NGC 983
| Galaxy NGC 983 / NGC 1002 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 38 m 55.6 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 37 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 146 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 66 |
| Redshift | 0.015744 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 4720 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.1 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | December 13, 1871 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 983 • UGC 2133 • PGC 10034 • CGCG 523-079 • MCG + 06-06-070 • IRAS 02358 + 3424 • 2MASX J02385564 + 3437201 • LDCE 176 NED025 | |
NGC 983 = NGC 1002 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Triangulum in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 216 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on December 13, 1871 .