Astronomy:NGC 950

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 950
NGC 950 DECam.jpg
DECam image of NGC 950
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 02h 29m 11.777s[1]
Declination−11° 01′ 28.78″[1]
Redshift0.015775[2]
Helio radial velocity4692 km/s[2]
Distance204.5 Mly (62.71 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.48[2]
Characteristics
TypeSB(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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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 950". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+950. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. Bibcode2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  4. "Results for object NGC 0950 (NGC 950)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20950&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. 
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 950". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC950.