NGC 2716
| Galaxy NGC 2716 |
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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 57 m 35.9 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 05 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (r) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012298 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 3687 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(158 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.5 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 3, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2716 • UGC 4692 • PGC 25172 • CGCG 033-029 • MCG + 01-23-007 • IRAS F08550 + 0316 • 2MASX J08573586 + 0305250 • GALEX ASC J085735.86 + 030524.4 • HOLM 104A • LDCE 605 NED002 | |
NGC 2716 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type SB0 / a in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 158 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 2713 , NGC 2723 , IC 2426 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 3, 1864 by the astronomer Albert Marth with a 48 cm telescope.