NGC 2765
| Galaxy NGC 2765 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 07 m 36.6 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 23 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 107 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012549 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (3762 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(161 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.5 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 27, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2765 • UGC 4791 • PGC 25646 • CGCG 033-061 • MCG + 01-24-001 • 2MASX J09073666 + 0323347 • GC 1763 • H II 520 • h 558 • LDCE 0605 NED006 | |
NGC 2765 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Water Snake. It is an estimated 161 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 27, 1786 .