NGC 2827
| Galaxy NGC 2827 / IC 2460 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 19 m 19.0 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 52 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 779 WBL 216 |
| Redshift | 0.023470 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 7036 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(313 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.9 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George J. Stoney |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2827 • IC 2460 • PGC 26342 • CGCG 181-015 • MCG + 06-21-009 • 2MASX J09191903 + 3352510 • GALEX ASC J091918.99 + 335251.4 | |
NGC 2827 = IC 2460 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 313 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2823 , NGC 2825 , NGC 2828 , NGC 2830 .
The object was discovered on March 13, 1850 by George Johnstone Stoney .