NGC 2739

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Galaxy
NGC 2739
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 03 m 02.8 s
declination + 51 ° 44 ′ 41 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0-a  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 96 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.029540 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity (8856 ± 24) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(397 ± 28)  ·  10 6  ly
(121.8 ± 8.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery RJ Mitchell
Discovery date February 18, 1855
Catalog names
NGC  2739 • PGC  25530 • CGCG  264-059 • MCG  + 09-15-085 • 2MASX  J09060283 + 5144411 • KPG 185A

NGC 2739 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Great Bear. It is estimated to be 397 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on February 18, 1855 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 2739  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2739
  3. Seligman