NGC 2106
| Galaxy NGC 2106 |
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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 50 m 46.6 s |
| declination | -21 ° 34 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (L) SB (s) 0 ^ 0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.70 / 1.4 |
| Position angle | 103 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006568 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | (1969 ± 17) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(81 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.7 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 21, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2106 • PGC 17975 • ESO 555-003 • MCG -04-14-040 • 2MASX J05504661-2134023 • SGC 054839-2134.8 • LDCE 431 NED001 | |
NGC 2106 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Lepus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 81 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 21, 1835 .