NGC 938

NGC 938
SDSS image of NGC 938
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAries
Right ascension02h 28m 33.51968s
Declination+20° 17′ 01.3642″
Redshift0.013653
Heliocentric radial velocity4065 km/s
Distance179.2 Mly (54.94 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)13.8
Characteristics
TypeE3
Other designations
UGC 1947, MCG +03-07-017, PGC 9423

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.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 938: SN 2015ab (Type Ia, mag. 17.3) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 10 July 2015.

See also

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. ↑ Itagaki, K.; Yusa, T.; Nakano, S.; Ayani, K.; Masi, G. (2015). "Supernova 2015ab in NGC 938 = PSN J02283286+2017077". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (4173): 1. Bibcode:2015CBET.4173....1I.
  9. ↑ "SN 2015ab". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "SN 2015ab". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-28.