NGC 2668
| Galaxy NGC 2668 |
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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 | 08 h 49 m 22.5 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 42 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025114 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (7529 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(335 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.8 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | February 7, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2668 • UGC 4616 • PGC 24791 • CGCG 180-013 • MCG + 06-20-007 • 2MASX J08492256 + 3642375 • | |
NGC 2668 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SBab in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 335 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 150,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 2405 .
The type II supernova SN 2003je was observed here.
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on February 7, 1877 .
Web links
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