NGC 2336 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Camelopardalis |
Right ascension | 07h 27m 04.1s[1] |
Declination | +80° 10′ 41″[1] |
Redshift | 0.007352 +/- 0.000003 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 2204 ± 1 km/s[1] |
Distance | 90.7 ± 28 Mly (27.8 ± 8.6 Mpc)[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.3 |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(r)bc [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 7.1′ × 3.9′[1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 3809, MCG +13-06-006, PGC 21033[1] |
NGC 2336 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is located at a distance of circa 100 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 2336 is about 200,000 light years across. It was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1876.[2]