NGC 2712

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Galaxy
NGC 2712
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 57 m 23.6 s
declination + 44 ° 54 ′ 50 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (r) b  
Brightness  (visual) 11.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 12.7 mag
Angular expansion 2.8 ′ × 1.5 ′
Position angle 178 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.006054 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity (1815 ± 5) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(82 ± 6)  ·  10 6  ly
(25.0 ± 1.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date March 19, 1828
Catalog names
NGC  2712 • UGC  4708 • PGC  25248 • CGCG  238-001 • MCG  + 08-17-003 • 2MASX  J08593045 + 445450 •

NGC 2712 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 82 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on March 19, 1828 by John Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2712  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2712
  3. Seligman