NGC 2427
| Galaxy NGC 2427 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aft deck of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 36 m 28.2 s |
| declination | -47 ° 38 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.9 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 122 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003242 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 972 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(33 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (10.2 ± 0.7) Mpc |
| diameter | 65,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 1, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2427 • PGC 21375 • ESO 208-G027 • IRAS 7350-4731 • 2MASX J07362817-4738079 • SGC 73501-4731.3 • GC 1555 • h 3091 • HIPASS J0736-47 • LDCE 524 NED00 | |
NGC 2427 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBdm in the constellation Puppis in the southern sky . It is around 33 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 light years .
The object was discovered on March 1, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel with a 48 cm telescope.