NGC 2823
| Galaxy NGC 2823 |
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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 19 m 17.4 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 00 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 779 |
| Redshift | 0.023756 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 7122 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(317 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (97.1 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Stoney |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2823 • UGC 4935 • PGC 26340 • CGCG 181-016 • MCG + 06-21-008 • 2MASX J09191741 + 3400290 • GALEX ASC J091917.49 + 340031.5 | |
NGC 2823 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 317 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2825 , NGC 2827 , NGC 2828 , NGC 2833 .
The object was discovered on March 13, 1850 by George Johnstone Stoney .