NGC 2679
| Galaxy NGC 2679 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 51 m 32.9 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 51 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 3 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006761 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2027 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(88 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (27.1 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2679 • UGC 4632 • PGC 24884 • CGCG 150-041 NED01 • MCG + 05-21-014 NED01 • 2MASX J08513292 + 3051555 • GC 1709 • H III 294 • h 529 • | |
NGC 2679 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Cancer. It is estimated to be 88 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 13, 1785 .