In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 932 is referenced by 869 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), NGC 935 and IC 1801 and list of stars in Aries.
It sits within the topics Aries (constellation), Astronomical objects discovered in 1785 and Discoveries by William Herschel.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Aries
- Right ascension
- 02 27 54.7033
- Declination
- +20 ° 19 ′ 57.169 ″
- Redshift
- 0.013 606 ± 0.000 007 00
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 4,079 ± 2 km/s
- Distance
- 184.6 ± 12.9 Mly (56.59 ± 3.97 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 976 group (LGG 61)
- Type
- SAa
- Size
- ~112,900 ly (34.60 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.9′ × 1.6′
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 54.66
- Image
- NGC 0932 SDSS.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-11-29
- catalog code
- LEDA 9379
- redshift
- 0.013599
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
- apparent magnitude
- 11.582
- Commons category
- NGC 932
- right ascension
- 36.9778500
- declination
- 20.3326417
- radial velocity
- 4063
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
NGC 932 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Aries. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3,837±17 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 184.6 ± 12.9 Mly (56.59 ± 3.97 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 29 November 1785. There has been a longstanding confusion between this galaxy and NGC 930, which is a nonexistent object.
NGC 976 group
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 932” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.