NGC 2719
| Galaxy NGC 2719 |
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![NGC 2719 & LEDA 25284 (u) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC2719_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 2719 & LEDA 25284 (u) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 00 m 15.4 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 43 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | in the |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 133 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010264 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (3077 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(136 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (41.8 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2719 • UGC 4718 • PGC 25281 • CGCG 180-025 N01 • MCG + 06-20-017 • KUG 0857 + 359A • 2MASX J09001576 + 3543387 • Arp 202 • GC 1737 • H III 540 • h 541 • NSA 156983 • HOLM 105A | |
NGC 2719 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is an estimated 136 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 25284 , it forms the interacting galaxy pair Arp 202 / Holm 105 .
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of galaxies with matter ejected from the nucleus .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2724 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 28, 1786 .
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7