NGC 2719 explained

NGC2719
Constellation Name:Lynx
Epoch:J2000
Type:Im pec?[1]
Dist Ly:NaNMpc
Group Cluster:Arp 202
Z:0.010264
H Radial V:3077 ± 4 km/s
Appmag V:13.1
Size:~19.22kpc (estimated)

NGC2719 is a Magellanic irregular galaxy in the constellation of Lynx. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3302 ± 16km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of NaNMpc. In addition, one non redshift measurement gives a distance of 47.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on.[2] The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 28 March 1786.[3]

Together with the galaxy PGC 25284 (also known as NGC 2719A), NGC 2719 is listed in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 202. The galaxy pair is also listed as Holm 105 in Erik Holmberg's A Study of Double and Multiple Galaxies Together with Inquiries into some General Metagalactic Problems, published in 1937.[4]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 2719: SN 2024xkd (typeII, mag. 18.84).[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . . Results for object NGC 2719 . 15 November 2024.
  2. Web site: Distance Results for NGC2719 . NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE . . 15 November 2024.
  3. Web site: NGC2719 . Seligman . Courtney . Celestial Atlas . 15 November 2024 .
  4. 1937AnLun...6....1H . A Study of Double and Multiple Galaxies Together with Inquiries into some General Metagalactic Problems . Holmberg . Erik . Annals of the Observatory of Lund . 1937 . 6 . 1 .
  5. Web site: Transient Name Server . SN2024xkd . . 15 November 2024.