NGC 2694
| Galaxy NGC 2694 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 2693 & NGC 2694 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 56 m 59.2 s |
| declination | + 51 ° 19 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 15.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 168 |
| Redshift | 0.016977 +/- 0.000084 |
| Radial velocity | 5090 +/- 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(229 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.2 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Stoney |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2694 • PGC 25143 • CGCG 264-034 • MCG + 09-15-056 • 2MASX J08565924 + 5119544 • | |
NGC 2694 is a Hubble-type E1 elliptical galaxy in the constellation Great Bear . It is estimated to be 229 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
It is likely gravitationally bound with the NGC 2693 system .
The object was discovered by George Stoney on March 9, 1850 .