NGC 2698
| Galaxy NGC 2698 |
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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 55 m 36.5 s |
| declination | -03 ° 11 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 +? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 96 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006338 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1900 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(78 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (23.8 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2698 • PGC 25067 • CGCG 005-030 • MCG + 00-23-012 • 2MASX J08553653-0311019 • GALEX ASC J085536.52-031102.6 • LDCE 599 NED004 | |
NGC 2698 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 78 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2699 , NGC 2708 , NGC 2709 , NGC 2727 , among others .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 11, 1826 .