Astronomy:NGC 995
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
| NGC 995 | |
|---|---|
 Pan-STARRS image of NGC 995 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 02h 38m 32.05009s[1] |
| Declination | +41° 31′ 45.3471″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01339[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 3987 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 177.7 Mly (54.49 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.9[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 2118, MCG+07-06-044, PGC 10008[2] | |
NGC 995 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 178 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1871.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NGC 995". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+995.
- ↑ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
- ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 995 - In-The-Sky.org" (in en). https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC995.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+995&img_stamp=YES.
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