NGC 2754
| Galaxy NGC 2754 |
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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 | 09 h 05 m 11.2 s |
| declination | -19 ° 05 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 163 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018456 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 5533 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(238 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.0 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2754 • PGC 25504 • ESO 564-016 • 2MASX J09051123-1905048 • SGC 090253-1853.1 • GALEX ASC J090511.00-190503.5 • LDCE 608 NED003 | |
NGC 2754 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Water Snake south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 238 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly
. a. the galaxy NGC 2758 and IC 2437 .
The object was discovered in 1886 by the astronomer Frank Muller .