NGC 2424
| Galaxy NGC 2424 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 40 m 39.3 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 14 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011184 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (3353 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(150 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (45.9 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | February 6, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2424 • UGC 3959 • PGC 21558 • CGCG 206-015 • MCG + 07-16-009 • IRAS 07372 + 3920 • 2MASX J07403931 + 3914003 • | |
NGC 2424 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Lynx. It is around 150 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on February 6, 1885 by the astronomer Edouard Stephan with a 48 cm telescope.