NGC 2393
| Galaxy NGC 2393 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Twins |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 30 m 04.6 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 01 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 103 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016298 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 4886 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(217 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.6 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | February 7, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2393 • UGC 3884 • PGC 21154 • CGCG 177-027 • MCG + 06-17-014 • IRAS 07267 + 3407 • KUG 0726 + 341 • 2MASX J07300461 + 3401399 • | |
NGC 2393 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 217 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2385 , NGC 2388 , NGC 2389 .
The object was discovered on February 7, 1885 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan .
Web links
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