NGC 2690
| Galaxy NGC 2690 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 52 m 38.0 s |
| declination | -02 ° 36 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 19 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005360 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | (1607 ± 40) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(65 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.8 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2690 • UGC 4647 • PGC 24926 • CGCG 005-020 • MCG + 00-23-008 • 2MASX J08523804-0236117 • LDCE 0599 NED001 | |
NGC 2690 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 65 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on March 10, 1886 .