NGC 2759
Galaxy NGC 2759 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lynx |
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 |
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 .