NGC 2693
| Galaxy NGC 2693 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS image of NGC 2693 (above) & NGC 2694 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 08 h 56 m 59.3 s |
| declination | + 51 ° 20 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 168 |
| Redshift | 0.016485 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | (4942 ± 15) km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(222 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.2 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2693 • UGC 4674 • PGC 25144 • CGCG 264-035 • MCG + 09-15-055 • 2MASX J08565924 + 5120504 • GC 1720 • H II 823 • h 535 • LDCE 0604 NED001 | |
NGC 2693 is a Hubble-type E3 elliptical galaxy in the constellation Great Bear . It is an estimated 222 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 170,000 ly.
It is likely gravitationally bound with the NGC 2694 system .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 17, 1790 .