NGC 2375

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Galaxy
NGC 2375
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NGC 2375 [1] SDSS
NGC 2375 SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation Twins
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 07 h 27 m 09.475 s
declination + 33 ° 49 ′ 54.53 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) b  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 1 ′
Position angle 170 °
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 141  
Redshift 0.026218 ± 0.000023  
Radial velocity 7860 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(350 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(107.3 ± 7.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery George J. Stoney
Discovery date February 20, 1849
Catalog names
NGC  2375 • UGC  3854 • PGC  21035 • CGCG  177-017 • MCG  + 06-17-005 • IRAS  07238 + 3356 • 2MASX  J07270951 + 3349544 • WISEA J072709.50 + 334955.1 • NVSS J072709 + 334958 • NSA 134511

NGC 2375 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 350 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 2373 , NGC 2379 , NGC 2385 , NGC 2388 .

The object was discovered on February 20, 1849 by George Johnstone Stoney .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2375  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e f NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2375
  4. Seligman