NGC 292
Small Magellanic Cloud
NGC 292 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Tucana. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 292:
NGC: | NGC 292 |
Common name: | Small Magellanic Cloud |
Type: | galaxy |
Galaxy type: | barred spiral |
Galaxy morph class: | SBm |
Constellation: | Tucana |
Surface brightness: | 23.4 mag/arcsec2 |
V-mag (visual): | 2.3 |
B-mag (blue): | 2.75 |
Right Ascension: | 00:52:44.78 |
Declination: | -72:49:43.00 |
Major axis: | 299.9 ' |
Minor axis: | 179.8 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 45° |
Radial velocity: | 146 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.000486 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS