NGC 2726
| Galaxy NGC 2726 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 04 m 56.8 s |
| declination | + 59 ° 55 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 167 |
| Redshift | 0.005064 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | (1518 ± 11) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(71 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.8 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2726 • UGC 4750 • PGC 25498 • CGCG 288-018 • MCG + 10-13-054 • IRAS 09010 + 6007 • 2MASX J09045569 + 5955589 • GC 1742 • H II 834 • h 545 • GALEX ASC J090456.81 + 595558.7 • LDCE 603 NED003 | |
NGC 2726 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is an estimated 71 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy NGC 2742 is located in the same area of the sky .
The Type Ib supernova SN 1995F was observed here.
The object was discovered on March 19, 1790 by Wilhelm Herschel .
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