NGC 2697
| Galaxy NGC 2697 |
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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 59.4 s |
| declination | -02 ° 59 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) 0+: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 129 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006084 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1824 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(74 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.7 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Blood Stoney |
| Discovery date | January 24, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2697 • PGC 25029 • CGCG 005-027 • MCG + 00-23-011 • IRAS 08524-0247 • 2MASX J08545939-0259154 • GALEX ASC J085459.40-025913.5 • LDCE 599 NED003 | |
NGC 2697 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a 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 around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2698 , NGC 2699 , NGC 2708 , NGC 2709 , among others .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on January 24, 1851 .