NGC 937

NGC 937 is a barred spiral galaxy[3] located in the constellation Andromeda about 251 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1884.[4][5]

NGC 937
DSS image of NGC 937
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension 02h 29m 28.25s[1]
Declination+42° 14 58.8[1]
Redshift0.018963[2]
Helio radial velocity5631 km/s[2]
Distance260.9 ± 18.3 Mly (79.99 ± 5.61 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeSBcd?[2]
Other designations
UGC 1961, MCG+07-06-024, PGC 9480[2]

See also

References

  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "NGC 937". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. "Results for object NGC 0937 (NGC 937)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  4. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 937 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 937". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.


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