NGC 2906
| Galaxy NGC 2906 |
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| NGC 2906 imaged using the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 32 m 06.2 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 26 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007138 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2140 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(90 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (27.6 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2906 • UGC 5081 • PGC 27074 • CGCG 063-001 • MCG + 02-25-001 • IRAS 09294 + 0839 • 2MASX J09320624 + 0826308 • GC 1864 • H II 495 • h 606 • NVSS J093206 + 082628 • LDCE 648 NED004 | |
NGC 2906 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 90 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2894 and IC 540 , among others .
The type II supernova SN 2005ip was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 28, 1785 .
Web links
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