NGC 2340
| Galaxy NGC 2340 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 11 m 10.8 s |
| declination | + 50 ° 10 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 84 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 133 |
| Redshift | 0.019764 ± 0.000025 |
| Radial velocity | 5925 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(266 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.7 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 9, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2340 • UGC 3720 • PGC 20338 • CGCG 234-091 • MCG + 08-13-096 • 2MASX J07111080 + 5010288 • GC 1497 • H II 736 • h 433 • GALEX ASC J071110.89 + 501030.2 • LDCE 484 NED031 | |
NGC 2340 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 273 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2334 , IC 460 , IC 463 , IC 464 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on February 9, 1788 .