NGC 2998
NGC 2998 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major.[5] It is 195 million light-years (59.7 megaparsecs) away from the Earth.[3] It is an intermediate spiral galaxy.[5]
| NGC 2998 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 2998 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 09h 48m 43.630s[1] |
| Declination | +44° 04′ 52.63″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01591[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 4732 ± 3[2] |
| Distance | 195 Mly (59.7 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.3[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)c[5] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.080′ × 0.562′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 2998, UGC 5250, MCG+07-20-051, PGC 28196[4] | |
See also
References
- Skrutskie, M.; et al. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
- Ahn, C. P.; et al. (2009). "The Ninth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 203 (2): 21. arXiv:1207.7137. Bibcode:2012ApJS..203...21A. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/203/2/21. S2CID 20026118.
- Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50.
- "NGC 2998". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- "NED results for object NGC 2998". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
External links
Media related to NGC 2998 at Wikimedia Commons
- NGC 2998 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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