NGC 2979
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Sextans
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiP
- Redshift
- z = 0.008872133078204891
- Coordinates
- RA 145.7860° · Dec -10.3833°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Distance from Earth
- 66.68
- Image
- NGC 2979 DSS.jpg
- Said to be same as
- NGC 3050
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- Commons category
- NGC 2979
- catalog code
- LEDA 27795
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-03-25
- redshift
- 0.009073
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
- apparent magnitude
- 9.515
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension
- 145.78599418740780
- declination
- -10.38333570478360
- radial velocity
- 2688
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