NGC 2924
| Galaxy NGC 2924 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 35 m 10.8 s |
| declination | -16 ° 23 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.30 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014457 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | (4334 ± 43) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(185 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (56.7 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 12, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2924 • PGC 27253 • MCG -03-25-008 • 2MASX J09351082-1623539 • LDCE 0652 NED005 | |
NGC 2924 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Hydra. It is estimated to be 185 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 12, 1836 .