NGC 2673
| Galaxy NGC 2673 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 2673, companion galaxy NGC 2672 (right) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 49 m 21.9 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 04 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012535 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 3758 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(164 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (50.2 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Johnstone Stoney |
| Discovery date | December 19, 1849 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2673 • UGC 4620 • PGC 24792 • CGCG 090-019 • MCG + 03-23-011 • Arp 167 • HOLM 099B | |
NGC 2673 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 164 million light years from the Milky Way and forms the pair of galaxies Arp 167 with NGC 2672 . Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class galaxies with diffuse opposing arms .
The object was discovered on December 19, 1849 by George Johnstone Stoney .
Web links
Commons : NGC 2673 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide " , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7