NGC 2823
Galaxy NGC 2823 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lynx |
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 |
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 .