NGC 2696
| Galaxy NGC 2696 |
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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 50 m 42.0 s |
| declination | -05 ° 00 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.043797 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | (13130 ± 34) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(579 ± 40) · 10 6 ly (177.5 ± 12.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2696 • PGC 24851 • MCG -01-23-004 • 2MASX J08504207-0500343 • | |
NGC 2696 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 579 million light years from the Milky Way .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .