NGC 2824
| Galaxy NGC 2824 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | cancer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 19 m 02.3 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 16 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / Sy? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009200 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2758 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (36.9 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 30, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2824 • UGC 4933 • PGC 26330 • CGCG 121-57 • MCG + 04-22-031 • IRAS 09160 + 2628 • 2MASX J09190222 + 2616119 • MK 394 • GALEX ASC J091902.22 + 261613.1 | |
NGC 2824 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0? in the constellation Cancer on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 120 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 2450 .
The object was discovered on April 30, 1864 by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest with a 28 cm telescope.
Web links
Commons : NGC 2824 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
