NGC 2724
| Galaxy NGC 2724 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 01 m 01.8 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 45 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010741 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 3220 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(143 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.8 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 7, 1832 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2724 • UGC 4726 • PGC 25331 • CGCG 180-027 • MCG + 06-20-019 • KUG 0857 + 359C • 2MASX J09010184 + 3545431 • GALEX MSC J090101.68 + 354540.4 | |
NGC 2724 is a faint barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation of the lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 143 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 2719 and PGC 25284 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 7, 1832 .
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