NGC 992

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 992

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 992

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Aries

| ra = {{RA|02|37|25.491}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|+21|06|03.04}}

| z = 0.01376

| h_radial_v = 4098 km/s

| dist_ly = {{cvt|57.67|±|4.04|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%20992&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0992 (NGC 992)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2020-06-03}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SBc{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%20992|title=Search specification: NGC 992|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|access-date=2020-06-03}}

| size =

| appmag_v = 15.13

| appmag_b = 15.53

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=2103|MCG=+03-07-035|PGC=9938}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 992|access-date=2020-06-03}}

}}

NGC 992 is a spiral galaxy in the Aries constellation and is estimated to be 188 million light years from the Milky Way. NGC 992 was discovered by astronomers Lewis A. Swift on September 6, 1886.{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC992|title=The galaxy NGC 992 - In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC%20992|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 992|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-03-24}}