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Galaxy in the constellation Aries

NGC 938
SDSS image of NGC 938
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Aries
Right ascension	02 28 33.51968
Declination	+20° 17′ 01.3642″
Redshift	0.013653
Heliocentric radial velocity	4065 km/s
Distance	179.2 Mly (54.94 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.8
Characteristics
Type	E3
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.

SN 2015ab, a type Ia supernova, occurred within NGC 938.

References

^ 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.
^ "NGC 938". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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.
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.
Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 938 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
"Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
"Revised NGC Data for NGC 938". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
"SN 2015ab". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

External links

Media related to NGC 938 at Wikimedia Commons

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Astronomical catalog List of NGC objects 1–1000

New General Catalogue 500 to 999

Constellation of Aries

Stars

Bayer	α (Hamal) β (Sheratan) γ (Mesarthim) δ (Botein) ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ ρ ρ σ τ τ
Flamsteed	1 4 7 10 11 14 15 16 19 20 21 23 26 27 29 30 31 33 35 36 38 39 (Lilii Borea) 40 41 (Bharani) 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 59 60 62 64 65 66 54 Cet 85 Cet
Variable	TZ UX VZ (16 Tri)
HR	577 728 803 952 999
HD	12661 20367
Other	BD+20°307 HIP 14810 HAT-P-25 Teegarden's Star WASP-11/HAT-P-10 WD 0145+234

Exoplanets	α Arietis b HD 12661 b c HIP 14810 b c d Teegarden's Star b c WASP-11b/HAT-P-10b

Galaxies

NGC	677 680 691 694 695 716 765 770 772 781 803 817 820 821 871 877 900 901 903 904 918 935 938 972 990 992 1024 1134 1156 1168
Other	1ES 0229+200 3C 79 4C +28.07 AO 0235+164 IC 167 IC 1801 PSO J0309+27 Segue 2 UGC 2140

Galaxy clusters	MS 0302+17

Astronomical events	GRB 060218

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