NGC 2768
| Galaxy NGC 2768 |
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| HST recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 11 m 37.5 s |
| declination | + 60 ° 02 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 1/2 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 6.4 ′ × 3 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 167 |
| Redshift | 0.004580 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1373 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(64 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.5 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2768 • UGC 4821 • PGC 25915 • CGCG 288-026 • MCG + 10-13-065 • GC 1765 • H I 250 • h 555 • | |
NGC 2768 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E6 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 64 million light years from the Milky Way and has an active galaxy core .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 19, 1790 .
NGC 2768 group ( LGG 167 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 2768 | PGC 25915 | 64 |
| NGC 2654 | PGC 24784 | 63 |
| NGC 2726 | PGC 25498 | 71 |
| NGC 2742 | PGC 25640 | 61 |
| PGC 24545 | UGC 4549 | 61 |
Web links
- SIMBAD query
- astronews.com: Picture of the day December 1st, 2015