NGC 2704
| Galaxy NGC 2704 / IC 2424 |
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![NGC 2704 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC2704_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 2704 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 56 m 47.694 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 22 ′ 55.93 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) ab / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023736 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 7116 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(317 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (97.3 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2704 • IC 2424 • UGC 4678 • PGC 25134 • CGCG 209-009 • MCG + 07-19-005 • 2MASX J08564772 + 3922554 • GC 1729 • H III 625 • 2MASS J08564770 + 3922557 • WISEA J085647.72 + 392255.7 • HOL 103A | |
NGC 2704 = IC 2424 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab with an active galaxy core in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 317 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2691 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1787 .
Web links
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