NGC 988
| Galaxy NGC 988 |
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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 35 m 27.7 s |
| declination | -09 ° 21 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) cd: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.1 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 71 |
| Redshift | 0.005037 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1510 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(67 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (20.5 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 988 • UGCA 35 • PGC 9843 • MCG -02-07-037 • IRAS 02330-0934 • 2MASX J02352772-0921216 • HIPASS J0235-09 • LDCE 182 NED001 | |
NGC 988 is a barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBc in the constellation Cetus south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 67 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 960 , NGC 985 , NGC 1018 .
Type II supernova candidate SN 2017gmr was observed here.
The property was discovered by Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan in 1880 .
Web links
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