NGC 937
NGC 937 is a barred spiral galaxy[3] located in the constellation Andromeda about 251 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1884.[4][5]
| NGC 937 | |
|---|---|
 DSS image of NGC 937 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 29m 28.25s[1] |
| Declination | +42° 14′ 58.8″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.018963[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5631 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 260.9 ± 18.3 Mly (79.99 ± 5.61 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.0[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBcd?[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 1961, MCG+07-06-024, PGC 9480[2] | |
See also
References
- 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.
- "NGC 937". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "Results for object NGC 0937 (NGC 937)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 937 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- "Revised NGC Data for NGC 937". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
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