NGC 950
Appearance
NGC 950 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Cetus |
Right ascension | 02h 29m 11.777s[1] |
Declination | −11° 01′ 28.78″[1] |
Redshift | 0.015775[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 4692 km/s[2] |
Distance | 204.5 Mly (62.71 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.48[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(rs)b:[4] |
Other designations | |
MCG -02-07-021, PGC 9461[2] |
NGC 950 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is approximately 205 million light-years[3] away from our solar system and has a diameter of about 85,000 light-years. The object was discovered in 1886 by American astronomer and mathematician Ormond Stone.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- ^ a b c d "NGC 950". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ a b Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201.
- ^ "Results for object NGC 0950 (NGC 950)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 950". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.