NGC 992

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.[5][6]

NGC 992
SDSS image of NGC 992
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension02h 37m 25.491s[1]
Declination+21° 06 03.04[1]
Redshift0.01376[2]
Helio radial velocity4098 km/s[2]
Distance188.1 ± 13.2 Mly (57.67 ± 4.04 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.13[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.53[4]
Characteristics
TypeSBc[4]
Other designations
UGC 2103, MCG+03-07-035, PGC 9938[2]

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 992". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  3. "Results for object NGC 0992 (NGC 992)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. "Search specification: NGC 992". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  5. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 992 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  6. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 992". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  • Media related to NGC 992 at Wikimedia Commons


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