NGC 2676
| Galaxy NGC 2676 |
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| NGC 2676 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .
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