NGC 2780
| Galaxy NGC 2780 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 12 m 44.4 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 55 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 171 |
| Redshift | 0.006601 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (1979 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.7 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2780 • UGC 4843 • PGC 25967 • CGCG 180-057 • MCG + 06-20-047 • 2MASX J09124436 + 3455318 • GC 1776 • H III 826 • h 567 • LDCE 0616 NED003 | |
NGC 2780 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB / P in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 87 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 10, 1790 by Wilhelm Herschel .