NGC 941 explained

NGC 941
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Cetus
Ra:	^[1]
Z:	0.005398
H Radial V:	1613.8 km/s
Dist Ly:	^[2]
Type:	SAB(rs)c^[3]
Appmag V:	12.20
Appmag B:	12.8
Absmag V:	-19.1
Names:	^[4]

NGC 941 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is an estimated 16.83 MPc (55 million light-years)^[2] 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 on 6 January 1785.^{[5] [6]}

One supernova has been observed in NGC 941: SN 2005ad (type II, mag. 17.4).^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. 2016AJ....152...50T. 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 1605.01765. Cosmicflows-3. Tully, R. Brent. Courtois, Hélène M.. Sorce, Jenny G.. The Astronomical Journal. 152. 2. 50. 21. 2016. 250737862 . free .
3. Web site: Results for object NGC 0941 (NGC 941). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2020-05-30.
4. NGC 941. 2020-05-30.
5. Web site: The galaxy NGC 941 - In-The-Sky.org. Ford. Dominic. in-the-sky.org. en. 2020-03-26.
6. Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 941. spider.seds.org. 2020-03-26.
7. SN 2005ad. 2020-05-30.
8. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2005ad Transient Name Server entry for SN 2005ad.