Key facts
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Right ascension
- 07 08 11.0037
- Declination
- +50 ° 40 ′ 54.994 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 5924 km/s
- Distance
- 291.6 ± 20.4 Mly (89.41 ± 6.26 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(rs)b
- Size
- ~267,500 ly (82.01 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.9′ × 1.8′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Distance from Earth
- 84.12
- Image
- NGC 2326 DSS.png
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 980802481223802112
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1788-02-09
- redshift
- 0.019964
- apparent magnitude
- 9.236
- galaxy morphological type
- SBb
- right ascension
- 107.04583753225140
- declination
- 50.68190079945730
- radial velocity
- 5984
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 2326
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2326 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Lynx constellation. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 6062 ± 11 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 291.6 ± 20.4 Mly (89.41 ± 6.26 Mpc). It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 February 1788. Its apparent magnitude is 14.3 and its size is 2.71 arc minutes. It is located near NGC 2326A.
The SIMBAD database lists NGC 2326 as a radio galaxy, i.e. it has giant regions of radio emission extending well beyond its visible structure.
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