NGC 2975
| Galaxy NGC 2975 |
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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 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 |
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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 .