NGC 2344
| Galaxy NGC 2344 |
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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 12 m 28.6 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 10 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003249 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (974 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(45 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.8 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | November 24, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2344 • UGC 3734 • PGC 20395 • CGCG 234-100 • MCG + 08-13-103 • 2MASX J07122870 + 4710004 • | |
NGC 2344 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 45 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 24, 1886 .