NGC 2073
| Galaxy NGC 2073 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 45 m 53.9 s |
| declination | -21 ° 59 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) 0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009950 +/- 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 2983 +/- 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(126 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.6 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 20, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2073 • PGC 17772 • ESO 554-031 • MCG -04-14-024 • 2MASX J05455392-2159568 • SGC 054347-2201.1 • GC 1271 • H III 241 • h 2934 • | |
NGC 2073 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Hare south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 126 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on November 20, 1784 .