NGC 2778
| Galaxy NGC 2778 |
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| NGC 2778 (below) and NGC 2779 (= Holm 112 ), SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 12 m 24.4 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 01 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 171 WBL 207 |
| Redshift | 0.006835 ± 0.000014 |
| Radial velocity | (2049 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(90 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (27.7 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2778 • UGC 4840 • PGC 25955 • CGCG 180-054 • MCG + 06-20-043 • 2MASX J09122439 + 3501387 • GC 1774 • H II 564 • h 566 • GALEX ASC J091224.37 + 350139.3 • HOLM 112A • LDCE 616 NED002 | |
NGC 2778 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Lynx at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 90 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 2779 and NGC 2780, it forms the probably gravitationally bound galaxy trio WBL 207 .
The object was discovered on March 28, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel .
NGC 2778 group ( LGG 171 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million ly |
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| NGC 2778 | PGC 25955 | 90 |
| NGC 2780 | PGC 25967 | 88 |
| PGC 25562 | UGC 4777 | 89 |
| PGC 25919 | UGC 4834 | 91 |