NGC 2834
| Galaxy NGC 2834 |
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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 20 m 02.5 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 42 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 779 |
| Redshift | 0.023323 +/- 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 6992 +/- 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(311 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.3 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | George Johnstone Stoney |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2834 • PGC 26400 • CGCG 181-029 • MCG + 06-21-021 • 2MASX J09200250 + 3342374 • | |
NGC 2834 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 311 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2829 , NGC 2831 , NGC 2832 , NGC 2839 .
The object was discovered on March 13, 1850 by George Johnstone Stoney , an assistant to the astronomer Lord Rosse .