NGC 2426
| Galaxy NGC 2426 |
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![NGC 2429 & NGC 2426 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_2426_DSS.jpg)
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| NGC 2429 & NGC 2426 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 43 m 18.46 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 19 ′ 06.6 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 × 1.1 |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018933 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 5676 ± 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(256 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.4 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2426 • UGC 3977 • PGC 21648 • CGCG 262-022 • MCG + 09-13-038 • KUG 739 + 524 • 2MASX J07431844 + 5219064 • VV 284 • GC 1554 • H II 822 • h 460 • GALEX ASC J074318.31 +521907.1 • LDCE 523 NED001 | |
NGC 2426 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is an estimated 256 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 2429 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2431 .
The object was discovered on March 10, 1790 by William Herschel .