NGC 2719

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Galaxy
NGC 2719
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NGC 2719 & LEDA 25284 (u) [1]
NGC 2719 & LEDA 25284 (u)
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 00 m 15.4 s
declination + 35 ° 43 ′ 40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type in the  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 133 °
Surface brightness 11.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.010264 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity (3077 ± 4) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(136 ± 9)  ·  10 6  ly
(41.8 ± 2.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date March 28, 1786
Catalog names
NGC  2719 • UGC  4718 • PGC  25281 • CGCG  180-025 N01 • MCG  + 06-20-017 • KUG  0857 + 359A • 2MASX  J09001576 + 3543387 • Arp  202 • GC  1737 • H  III 540 • h  541 • NSA 156983 • HOLM 105A

NGC 2719 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is an estimated 136 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 25284 , it forms the interacting galaxy pair Arp 202 / Holm 105 .

Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of galaxies with matter ejected from the nucleus .
In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2724 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 28, 1786 .

literature

  • Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2719
  4. Seligman