NGC 2762
| Galaxy NGC 2762 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 09 m 54.5 s |
| declination | + 50 ° 25 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 206-001 |
| Redshift | 0.015665 ± 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 4696 ± 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(211 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.8 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon B. Stoney |
| Discovery date | February 26, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2762 • PGC 25828 • CGCG 264-072 • MCG + 08-17-045 • 2MASX J09095451 + 5025059 • GALEX ASC J090954.63 + 502505.4 | |
NGC 2762 is a lens-shaped dwarf galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 211 million light years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2740 , NGC 2767 , NGC 2769 , NGC 2771 , among others .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on February 26, 1851 .