NGC 992
| Galaxy NGC 992 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aries |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 37 m 25.5 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 06 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 7 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013813 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 4141 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(188 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (57.7 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | September 6, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 992 • UGC 2103 • PGC 9938 • CGCG 462-035 • MCG + 03-07-23 • IRAS 02345 + 2053 • 2MASX J02372549 + 2106030 • ARAK 88 • LDCE 0168 NED011 | |
NGC 992 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries on the ecliptic that is an estimated 188 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was designed by the astronomers Lewis A. Swift using on September 6, 1886 a 16-inch - telescope discovered.