NGC 941

NGC 941
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 941
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02^h 28^m 27.847^s[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 the astronomer William Herschel on 6 January 1785.^[5][6]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 941: SN 2005ad (type II, mag. 17.4).^[7][8]

References

1. 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. "NGC 941". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
3. 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. "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. Transient Name Server entry for SN 2005ad. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

External links

• Media related to NGC 941 at Wikimedia Commons