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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiP
Redshift
z = 0.006529149945452728
Morphology
SAB_a
Coordinates
RA 145.2247° · Dec 5.1658°
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Key facts

Constellation
Hydra
Right ascension
09 40 53.9396
Declination
+05 ° 09 ′ 57.025 ″
Redshift
0.006561 ± 0.000017
Heliocentric radial velocity
1,967 ± 5 km/ s
Distance
109 ± 20.4 Mly (33.5 ± 6.2 Mpc )
Group or cluster
NGC 2962 Group
Type
(R)SAB(rs)0+
Size
~93,000 ly (28.4 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.6 ′ × 1.9 ′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2962 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy lies about 110 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 2962 is approximately 90,000 light years across. It was discovered by Albert Marth on December 10, 1864.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2962” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.