NGC 2720
| Galaxy NGC 2720 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 59 m 08.0 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 08 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029670 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 8895 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(392 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (120.2 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2720 • UGC 4710 • PGC 25238 • CGCG 061-034 • MCG + 02-23-016 • 2MASX J08590808 + 1108566 • GALEX ASC J085908.06 + 110857.4 | |
NGC 2720 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 392 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 2725 , NGC 2728 , IC 526 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 10, 1864 .
Web links
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