NGC 941

NGC 941 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation triangulum. It is an estimated 55 million light-years[3] from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 55,000 light years. The galaxies NGC 926, NGC 934, NGC 936, NGC 955 are located in the same sky area. NGC 941 was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel using on 6 January 1785.[5][6]

NGC 941
SDSS image of NGC 941
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension02h 28m 27.847s[1]
Declination−01° 09′ 05.61″[1]
Redshift0.005398[2]
Helio radial velocity1613.8 km/s[2]
Distance54.9 Mly (16.83 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.20[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.8[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)−19.1[4]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(rs)c[4]
Other designations
UGC 1954, MCG+00-07-022, PGC 9414[2]

SN 2005ad, a type II supernova, occurred in NGC 941.[7]

See also

References
  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "NGC 941". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. 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.
  4. "Results for object NGC 0941 (NGC 941)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 941 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 941". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  7. "SN 2005ad". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  • Media related to NGC 941 at Wikimedia Commons


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