NGC 940

NGC 940
SDSS image of NGC 940
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Triangulum
Right ascension	02^h 29^m 27.51472^s[1]
Declination	+31° 38′ 27.5640″[1]
Redshift	0.017172[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5104 km/s[2]
Distance	221.6 Mly (67.93 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.4[2]
Characteristics
Type	S0[2]
Other designations
UGC 1964, MCG +05-06-050, PGC 9478[2]

NGC 940 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. It is estimated to be 222 million light-years from the Milky Way^[3] and has a diameter of approximately 80,000 ly. NGC 940 was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest.^[4][5][6]

One supernova, SN 2021vtl (type Ia, mag. 17.3), was discovered in NGC 940 on 11 August, 2021.^[7]

NGC 940 (SDSS)

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

References

1. 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. "NGC 940". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
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. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 940". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 940 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
7. Transient Name Server entry for SN 2021vtl. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

External links

• Media related to NGC 940 at Wikimedia Commons