NGC 2543
| Galaxy NGC 2543 / IC 2232 |
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| NGC 2543 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lynx |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .