NGC 2708
| Galaxy NGC 2708 / NGC 2727 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 56 m 08.0 s |
| declination | -03 ° 21 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) b / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 164 |
| Redshift | 0.006698 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (2008 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(82 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.2 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 6, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2708/2727 • PGC 25097 • CGCG 005-034 • MCG + 00-23-015 • IRAS 08535-0309 • 2MASX J08560804-0321363 • GC 1730/1743 • H II 281 • h 546 • HIPASS J0856-03 • LDCE 599 NED006 | |
NGC 2708 = NGC 2727 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 82 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2697 , NGC 2698 , NGC 2699 , NGC 2709 , among others .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 6, 1785 .
NGC 2708 group ( LGG 164 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 2708 | PGC 25097 | 82 |
| NGC 2695 | PGC 25003 | 74 |
| NGC 2699 | PGC 25075 | 76 |
| NGC 2706 | PGC 25102 | 66 |