NGC 2706
| Galaxy 2706 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 56 m 12.3 s |
| declination | -02 ° 33 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 164 |
| Redshift | 0.005440 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1631 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(66 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (20.1 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | February 27, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2706 • UGC 4680 • PGC 25102 • CGCG 005-036 • MCG + 00-23-017 • IRAS 08536-0222 • 2MASX J08561231-0233483 • LDCE 599 NED007 | |
NGC 2706 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated 66 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 , among others .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on February 27, 1886 .
Web links
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