NGC 992

galaxy

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Object type: AGN
Redshift: z = 0.013865644789124998
Morphology: Sc
Coordinates: RA 39.3562° · Dec 21.1008°

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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Aries
Distance from Earth: 60.26
Image: NGC992 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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time of discovery or invention: 1886-09-06
discoverer or inventor: Lewis A. Swift
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
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

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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