NGC 2740
| Galaxy NGC 2740 |
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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 03 m 16.4 s |
| declination | + 51 ° 44 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S / NLAGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029516 ± 0.000012 |
| Radial velocity | (8849 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(397 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.7 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 17, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2740 • PGC 25531 • CGCG 264-060 • MCG + 09-15-086 • 2MASX J09060498 + 5144071 • KPG 185B | |
NGC 2740 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Ursa Major. It is estimated to be 397 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 17, 1831 .
Web links
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