NGC 2754
Galaxy NGC 2754 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Water snake |
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 |
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 .