NGC 2975

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Galaxy
NGC 2975
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NGC 2975 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 09 h 41 m 16.1 s
declination -16 ° 40 ′ 28 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA0-: or E + 0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.8 mag
Angular expansion 0.80 ′ × 0.7 ′
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.054041 ± 0.000150  
Radial velocity (16201 ± 45) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(715 ± 50)  ·  10 6  Lj
(219.2 ± 15.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Ormond Stone
Discovery date 1886
Catalog names
NGC  2975 • PGC  27664 • 2MASX  J09411606-1640274 •

NGC 2975 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Hydra. It is estimated to be 715 million light years from the Milky Way .

The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 2975
  3. Seligman