NGC 2179
| Galaxy NGC 2179 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hare |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 08 m 02.2 s |
| declination | -21 ° 44 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA (r) 0 ^ +? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009623 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2885 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(121 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (37.2 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 21, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2179 • PGC 18453 • ESO 555-038 • MCG -04-15-011 • IRAS 06059-2144 • 2MASX J06080220-2144480 • SGC 060555-2144.3 • LEDA 18453 • LDCE 431 NED006 | |
NGC 2179 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Rabbit south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 121 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on November 21, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
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