NGC 2124

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Galaxy
NGC 2124
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NGC 2124 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Hare
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 05 h 57 m 52.2 s
declination -20 ° 05 ′ 05 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (s) b?  
Brightness  (visual) 12.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.4 mag
Angular expansion 2.7 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 5 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.009947 +/- 0.000017  
Radial velocity 2982 +/- 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(126 ± 9)  ·  10 6  ly
(38.6 ± 2.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date October 20, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  2124 • PGC  18147 • ESO  555-016 • MCG  -03-16-003 • IRAS  05557-2005 • 2MASX  J05575221-2005047 • SGC  055543-2005.3 • GC  1321 • H  III 225 • LDCE 407 NED018

NGC 2124 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Lepus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 126 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 ly in diameter.

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 20, 1784 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2124
  3. Seligman