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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Triangulum}}
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'''NGC 940''' is a [[lenticular galaxy]] in [[Triangulum|constellation triangulum]]. It is estimated to be 234 million [[Light-year|light years]] from the [[Milky Way]] and has a [[diameter]] of approximately 80,000 Ly. NGC 940 was discovered by [[Heinrich Louis d'Arrest|Heinrich d'Arrest]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+940&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%20940|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 940|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC940|title=The galaxy NGC 940 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref>
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = NGC 940
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| image = [[File:NGC940 - SDSS DR14.jpg|250px]]
| caption = [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 940
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| constellation name = [[Triangulum]]
| ra = {{RA|02|29|27.51472}}<ref name=GaiaDR2>{{cite DR2}}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|+31|38|27.5640}}<ref name=GaiaDR2/>
| z = 0.017172<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| h_radial_v = 5104 km/s<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| dist_ly = {{cvt|67.93|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name=Crook>{{cite journal|title=Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey|author1=Crook, Aidan C.|author2=Huchra, John P.|author3=Martimbeau, Nathalie|author4=Masters, Karen L.|author5=Jarrett, Tom|author6=Macri, Lucas M.|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=655|issue=2|pages=790–813|date=2007|bibcode=2007ApJ...655..790C|doi=10.1086/510201|arxiv=astro-ph/0610732|s2cid=11672751 }}</ref>
| group_cluster =
| type = S0<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| size =
| appmag_v =
| appmag_b = 13.4<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| absmag_v =
| size_v =
| notes =
| names = {{odlist|UGC=1964|MCG=+05-06-050|PGC=9478}}<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad|title=NGC 940|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>
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'''NGC 940''' is a [[lenticular galaxy]] in the [[Triangulum|constellation Triangulum]]. It is estimated to be 222 million [[light-year]]s from the [[Milky Way]]<ref name=Crook/> and has a [[diameter]] of approximately 80,000 ly. NGC 940 was discovered by [[Heinrich Louis d'Arrest|Heinrich d'Arrest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+940&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%20940|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 940|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC940|title=The galaxy NGC 940 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref>


One [[supernova]], SN 2021vtl ([[type Ia supernova|type&nbsp;Ia]], mag. 17.3), was discovered in NGC 940 on 11 August, 2021.<ref>[https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021vtl Transient Name Server entry for SN 2021vtl.] Retrieved 24 March 2023.</ref>
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[[File:NGC940 - SDSS DR14.jpg|thumb|right|NGC 940 (SDSS DR14)]]
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== See also ==


[[Image:NGC 0940 SDSS.jpg|thumb|left|NGC 940 ([[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]])]]

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== See also ==
* [[List of NGC objects (1–1000)]]
* [[List of NGC objects (1–1000)]]


== References ==
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NGC 940
SDSS image of NGC 940
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTriangulum
Right ascension02h 29m 27.51472s[1]
Declination+31° 38′ 27.5640″[1]
Redshift0.017172[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity5104 km/s[2]
Distance221.6 Mly (67.93 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.4[2]
Characteristics
TypeS0[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

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e "NGC 940". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. ^ a b 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.
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