NGC 2758
| Galaxy NGC 2758 |
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| NGC 2758 with LEDA 860667 ( Hubble Space Telescope ) | |
| 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 31.2 s |
| declination | -19 ° 02 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SBbc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 19 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006538 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1960 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(79 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.1 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2758 • PGC 25515 • ESO 564-020 • MCG -03-23-019 • IRAS 09032-1850 • 2MASX J09053119-1902339 • SGC 090313-1850.6 • HIPASS J0905-19 | |
NGC 2758 is a barred spiral galaxy with large-scale star formation from Hubble type SBBC in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 79 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2754 , NGC 2757 , IC 2436 , IC 2437 .
The object was discovered by the astronomer Frank Muller at the Leander McCormick Observatory in 1886 .
Web links
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