NGC 2840
Galaxy NGC 2840 |
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NGC 2840 & 2MASX J09204805 + 3522239 , SDSS | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lynx |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 09 h 20 m 52.7 s |
declination | + 35 ° 22 ′ 06 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (rs) bc / LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
Position angle | 110 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.025017 +/- 0.000007 |
Radial velocity | 7500 +/- 2 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(334 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.4 ± 7.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | March 10, 1790 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2840 • UGC 4960 • PGC 26445 • CGCG 181-032 • MCG + 06-21-025 • IRAS 9178 + 3534 • 2MASX J09205267 + 3522062 • GC 1822 • H III 827 • h 586 • |
NGC 2840 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type SBbc in the constellation of the lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 334 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 2456 and IC 2459 .
The object was discovered on March 10, 1790 by William Herschel .