NGC 938

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NGC 938
NGC938 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 938
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Aries
Right ascension 02h 28m 33.51968s [1]
Declination +20° 17′ 01.3642″ [1]
Redshift 0.013653 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 4065 km/s [2]
Distance 179.2  Mly (54.94  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.8 [2]
Characteristics
Type E3 [4]
Other designations
UGC 1947, MCG +03-07-017, PGC 9423 [2]

NGC 938 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Aries, approximately 184 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the Prussian astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest in 1863. [5] [6] [7]

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One supernova has been observed in NGC 938: SN 2015ab (type Ia, mag. 17.3) was discovered 10 July 2015 by Kōichi Itagaki. [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 .
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 938". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Martín-Navarro, Ignacio; Vazdekis, Alexandre; Falcón-Barroso, Jesús; La Barbera, Francesco; Yıldırım, Akın; Van De Ven, Glenn (2018). "Timing the formation and assembly of early-type galaxies via spatially resolved stellar populations analysis". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 475 (3): 3700. arXiv: 1801.05486 . Bibcode:2018MNRAS.475.3700M. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx3346 .
  5. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 938 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  6. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  7. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 938". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  8. ↑ "SN 2015ab". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "SN 2015ab". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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