NGC 2476
| Galaxy NGC 2476 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 56 m 45.2 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 55 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 148 |
| Redshift | 0.012439 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 3729 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(166 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.0 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | February 23, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2476 • UGC 4106 • PGC 22260 • CGCG 207-008 • MCG + 07-17-003 • 2MASX J07564517 + 3955398 • GALEX ASC J075645.34 + 395539.7 • LDCE 552 NED001 | |
NGC 2476 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E4 in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 166 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered on February 23, 1878 by Édouard Stephan .
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