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NGC 950
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| NGC 950 | |
|---|---|
 DECam image of NGC 950 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 02h 29m 11.777s[1] |
| Declination | −11° 01′ 28.78″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.015775[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4692 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 204.5 Mly (62.71 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.48[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(rs)b:[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -02-07-021, PGC 9461[2] | |
NGC 950 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is approximately 205 million light-years[3] away from the Solar System and has a diameter of about 85,000 light-years. The object was discovered in 1886 by American astronomer and mathematician Ormond Stone.[5]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ a b c d "NGC 950". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ a b 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. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
- ^ "Results for object NGC 0950 (NGC 950)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 950". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
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