NGC 2543

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Galaxy
NGC 2543 / IC 2232
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NGC 2543 [1]
NGC 2543
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 08 h 12 m 57.922 s
declination + 36 ° 15 ′ 16.66 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) b  
Brightness  (visual) 11.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 12.7 mag
Angular expansion 2.3 '× 1.2'
Position angle 45 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.008242 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity 2471 ± 9 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(109 ± 8)  ·  10 6  ly
(33.5 ± 2.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date February 3, 1788
Catalog names
NGC  2543 • IC  2232 • UGC  4273 • PGC  23028 • CGCG  178-035 • MCG  + 06-18-014 • IRAS  08096 + 3624 • KUG  0809 + 364 • 2MASX  J08125795 + 3615162 • GC  1633 • H  II 719 • h  493 • NVSS J081257 + 361515 • WISEA J081257.94 + 361516.3 • KPG 157 • SIT 0060-1

NGC 2543 = IC 2232 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 109 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across.
The galaxy IC 2234 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 3, 1788 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2543
  4. Seligman