NGC 941

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NGC 941
The spiral galaxy NGC 941 photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.jpg
NGC 941 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 02h 28m 27.847s [1]
Declination −01° 09′ 05.61″ [1]
Redshift 0.005398 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1613.8 km/s [2]
Distance 54.9  Mly (16.83  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.20 [4]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.8 [2]
Absolute magnitude  (V)−19.1 [4]
Characteristics
Type SAB(rs)c [4]
Other designations
UGC 1954, MCG +00-07-022, PGC 9414 [2]

NGC 941 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is an estimated 16.83 MPc (55 million light-years) [3] 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 German-British astronomer William Herschel on 6 January 1785. [5] [6]

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Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 941.

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 941". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. 1 2 Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv: 1605.01765 . Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50 . S2CID   250737862. 50.
  4. 1 2 3 "Results for object NGC 0941 (NGC 941)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. ↑ Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 941 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  6. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 941". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  7. ↑ "SN 2005ad". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  8. ↑ "SN 2005ad". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  9. ↑ Nakano, S.; Itagaki, K. (2005). "Supernovae 2005ab and 2005ad". International Astronomical Union Circular (8479): 1. Bibcode:2005IAUC.8479....1N.
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