Key facts
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Right ascension
- 09 42 03.3401
- Declination
- +00 ° 20 ′ 10.837 ″
- Redshift
- 0.006 264 ± 0.000 007 00
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1,878 ± 2 km/s
- Distance
- 76.52 ± 6.16 Mly (23.460 ± 1.889 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 2967 group (LGG 182)
- Type
- SA(s)c
- Size
- ~70,400 ly (21.58 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 3.0′ × 2.8′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Distance from Earth
- 30.3
- Image
- NGC 2967 imaged by Legacy Surveys.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 3840154659063411712
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-12-20
- redshift
- 0.006311
- apparent magnitude
- 11.489
- galaxy morphological type
- SAc
- Commons category
- NGC 2967
- right ascension
- 145.51372503607160
- declination
- 0.33642060504670
- radial velocity
- 2245
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2967 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Sextans. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2,218±24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 106.7 ± 7.6 Mly (32.71 ± 2.32 Mpc). However, five non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of 76.52 ± 6.16 Mly (23.460 ± 1.889 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 20 December 1784.
NGC 2967 group
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