NGC 2124
| Galaxy NGC 2124 |
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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 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 |
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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 | 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 .