NGC 2676

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Galaxy
NGC 2676
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NGC 2676 [1]
NGC 2676
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 51 m 35.647 s
declination + 47 ° 33 ′ 27.63 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 1.2 ′
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.029125 ± 0.000180  
Radial velocity 8731 ± 54 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(391 ± 27)  ·  10 6  Lj
(119.9 ± 8.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date November 24, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  2676 • UGC  4627 • PGC  24881 • CGCG  237-022 • MCG  + 08-16-032 • IRAS  F08480 + 4744 • 2MASX  J08513562 + 4733279 • 2MASS J08513563 + 4733277 • LDCE 593 NED003 • NSA 26586 • SIT 51-1

NGC 2676 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 391 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 24, 1886 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2676  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2676
  4. Seligman