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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Aries
Right ascension
02 37 25.491
Declination
+21 ° 06 ′ 03.04 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4098 km/s
Distance
188.1 ± 13.2 Mly (57.67 ± 4.04 Mpc )
Type
SBc

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Distance from Earth
60.26
Image
NGC992 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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time of discovery or invention
1886-09-06
catalog code
[DC78] UGC 2103
right ascension
39.3562125
apparent magnitude
9.797
galaxy morphological type
S:
Commons category
NGC 992
declination
21.1008444
radial velocity
4150
redshift
0.013813

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NGC 992 is a spiral galaxy in the Aries constellation and is estimated to be 188 million light years from the Milky Way. NGC 992 was discovered by astronomers Lewis A. Swift on September 6, 1886.

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