NGC 2826
| Galaxy NGC 2826 |
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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 24.2 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 37 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 +: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 779 |
| Redshift | 0.021278 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 6379 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(283 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.9 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Johnstone Stoney |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2826 • UGC 4939 • PGC 26346 • CGCG 181-018 • MCG + 06-21-011 • 2MASX J09192419 + 3337260 • LDCE 0627 NED002 | |
NGC 2826 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 283 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 140,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 2825 , NGC 2828 , NGC 2829 , NGC 2830 .
The object was discovered on March 13, 1850 by George Johnstone Stoney , an assistant to the astronomer Lord Rosse .