NGC 939 explained
| NGC 939 |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation Name: | Eridanus |
| Ra: | [1] |
| Z: | 0.017186 |
| H Radial V: | 5108 km/s |
| Dist Ly: | [2] |
| Type: | S0/a/E[3] |
| Appmag B: | 14.06 |
| Names: | [4] |
NGC 939 is a lenticular or elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. It is estimated to be 241 million light-years from the Milky Way[2] and has a diameter of approximately 80,000 ly. NGC 939 was discovered on October 18, 1835 by astronomer John Herschel.[5] [6]
NGC 939 is better seen from the southern hemisphere because of its location south of the celestial equator.[7]
See also
References
- 10.1086/498708 . 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. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
- Web site: Results for object NGC 0939 (NGC 939). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2020-05-30.
- Web site: Search specification: NGC 939. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2020-05-30.
- NGC 939. 2020-05-30.
- Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 939. spider.seds.org. 2020-03-26.
- Web site: The galaxy NGC 939 - In-The-Sky.org. Ford. Dominic. in-the-sky.org. en. 2020-03-26.
- Web site: NGC 939 - Elliptical Galaxy TheSkyLive.com. 2020-12-04. theskylive.com.
