NGC 986
| Galaxy NGC 986 |
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| Photo of the Very Large Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 33 m 34.3 s |
| declination | -39 ° 02 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_1) SB (rs) b / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4 ′ × 3.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | (+6585 ± 19) · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | (1974 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(84 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.7 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Discovery date | August 5, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 986 • PGC 9747 • ESO 299-07 • MCG -07-06-015 • IRAS 02315-3915 • SGC 023134-3915.9 • GC 567 • h 2487 • AM 0231-391 • Dun 519 • HIPASS J0233-39 | |
NGC 986 is a barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBab in the constellation Fornax (Fornax) at the southern sky , the 85 million light-years from an estimated Milky Way is removed.
The object was discovered by James Dunlop on August 5, 1826 .
High-resolution image of the center of NGC 986, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope .
Ultraviolet absorption using GALEX . Young stars appear blue, older ones appear yellow.
Web links
Commons : NGC 986 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- ESO: The unknown beauty
- astronews.com: Picture of the day February 1, 2016