NGC 2723

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Galaxy
NGC 2723
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SDSS
SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 00 m 14.3 s
declination + 03 ° 10 ′ 40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 ^ 0 ^:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.012902 ± 0.000060  
Radial velocity 3868 ± 18 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(166 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(51.0 ± 3.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date March 3, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  2723 • UGC  4723 • PGC  25280 • CGCG  033-039 • MCG  + 01-23-017 • 2MASX  J09001435 + 0310396 • LDCE 605 NED003

NGC 2723 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 158 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 2713 , NGC 2716 , IC 2426 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 3, 1864 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2723  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2723
  3. Seligman