NGC 985
| Galaxy NGC 985 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | whale |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 34 m 37.8 s |
| declination | -08 ° 47 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBbc? / p ring / Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 69 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.043143 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 12,934 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(577 ± 40) · 10 6 Lj (177.0 ± 12.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 985 • PGC 9817 • MCG -02-07-035 • IRAS 02321-0900 • KUG 0232-090 • 2MASX J02343788-0847170 • Mrk 1048 • VV 285 • MK 1048 | |
| 2XMM J023437.8-084715 | |
NGC 985 is a ring galaxy with an active galaxy core in the constellation Whale south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 577 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 165,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 960 and NGC 988 , among others .
The object was by astronomer Francis Leavenworth use in 1886 of a 26-inch - telescope discovered.
Web links
Commons : NGC 985 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
