NGC 2723
| Galaxy NGC 2723 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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
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