NGC 2699
| Galaxy NGC 2699 |
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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 48.8 s |
| declination | -03 ° 07 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 164 |
| Redshift | 0.006231 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1868 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(76 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.3 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | January 4, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2699 • PGC 25075 • CGCG 005-033 • MCG + 00-23-014 • 2MASX J08554881-0307390 • GALEX ASC J085548.79-030737.4 • LDCE 599 NED005 | |
NGC 2699 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 76 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 2697 , NGC 2698 , NGC 2708 , NGC 2709 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on January 4, 1862 .