NGC 2776
| Galaxy NGC 2776 |
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| NGC 2776 as imaged with the Liverpool Telescope . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 12 m 14.5 s |
| declination | + 44 ° 57 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 2.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.008759 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2626 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(118 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.1 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2776 • UGC 4838 • PGC 25946 • CGCG 238-020 • MCG + 08-17-056 • IRAS 9089 + 4509 • KUG 908 + 451 • 2MASX J09121453 + 4457176 • KIG 314 • SIG 690 • 2MIG 1236 | |
NGC 2776 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 118 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on March 19, 1828 by the astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 2776 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
