Lenticular galaxy · Cetus
NGC 936 Darth Vader's Starfighter
mag 10.24.4′ across
About
NGC 936 (Darth Vader's Starfighter) is a lenticular galaxy of magnitude 10.2 in Cetus, about 4.4′ across.
How to find it
- NGC 936 is in the constellation Cetus.
- Best evenings: around mid-December it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 79° N.
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What you will see
- EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
- Binoculars (10×50)Too faint for binoculars.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)A bright lens-shaped glow with a starlike core.
For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.
Facts
| Designations | NGC 936, PGC 9359, UGC 1929 |
|---|---|
| Type | Lenticular galaxy (S0-a) |
| Magnitude | 10.2The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Apparent size | 4.4′ × 3.2′position angle 133°; the full Moon is 31′ across |
| Surface brightness | 23.1 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see. |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 02h 27m 37.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | −01° 09′ 23″ |
Sources and credits
Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →