NGC 2695
| Galaxy NGC 2695 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 54 m 27.1 s |
| declination | -03 ° 04 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^? |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006114 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1833 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(74 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.8 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2695 • PGC 25003 • CGCG 005-025 • MCG + 00-23-010 • 2MASX J08542706-0304015 • GC 1721 • H II 280 • h 536 • GALEX ASC J085427.11-030401.3 • LDCE 599 NED002 | |
NGC 2695 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 74 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2697 , NGC 2698 , NGC 2699 , NGC 2709 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 6, 1785 .
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