NGC 2326

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Galaxy
NGC 2326
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NGC 2326 & PGC 20237 [1]
NGC 2326 & PGC 20237
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 07 h 08 m 11.02 s
declination + 50 ° 40 ′ 55.0 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) b  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 1.8 ′
Position angle 120 °
Surface brightness 14.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.019964 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 5985 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(269 ± 19)  ·  10 6  ly
(82.6 ± 5.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date February 9, 1788
Catalog names
NGC  2326 • UGC  3681 • PGC  20218 • CGCG  234-060 • MCG  + 08-13-062 • IRAS  F07043 + 5045 • 2MASX  J07081104 + 5040550 • GC  1486 • H  II 734 • h  426 • NVSS J070812 + 504055 • LDCE 484 NED019

NGC 2326 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 269 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light-years across.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2321 , NGC 2322 , NGC 2330 , NGC 2332 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 9, 1788 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2326
  4. ↑ Seligman