PGC 2726

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 2726
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NGC 218 (right) and PGC 2726 (left) with LEDA 2078279 (lu) [1] (81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon observatory)
NGC 218 (right) and PGC 2726 (left) with LEDA 2078279 (lu) ( 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon observatory )
AladinLite
Constellation Andromeda
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 46 m 38.7 s
declination + 36 ° 19 ′ 53 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.037002 ± 0.000163  
Radial velocity (11.093 ± 49) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(503 ± 35)  x  10 6  ly
(154.3 ± 10.8)  Mpc 
diameter 115,000 ly
history
Catalog names
PGC  2726 • CGCG  519-022 • MCG  + 06-02-017 • 2MASX  J00463871 + 3619528 • VV  527 NED02 • GALEX J004638.68 + 361952.8 • KPG 016B • NSA 127702

LEDA / PGC 2726 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a? Pec in the constellation Andromeda in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 503 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years across. Together with NGC 218 , it forms the isolated and interacting galaxy pair KPG 16 .

The Type Ia supernova SN 2006mo was observed here.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. Seligman
  4. Simbad