NGC 2759
| Galaxy NGC 2759 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 08 m 37.3 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 37 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.21 ′ × 0.81 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023163 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 6944 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(310 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (94.9 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2759 • UGC 4795 • PGC 025718 • CGCG 180-042 • MCG + 06-20-033 • 2MASX J09083728 + 3737174 • GC 1760 • H III 647 • h 554 • LDCE 614 NED005 | |
NGC 2759 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is an estimated 310 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 527 and IC 2434 .
The object was discovered on March 30, 1787 by the astronomer William Herschel .