NGC 2049
| Galaxy NGC 2049 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dove |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 43 m 15.3 s |
| declination | -30 ° 04 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010000 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 2998 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(126 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.7 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 28, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2049 • PGC 17657 • ESO 424-011 • MCG -05-14-011 • 2MASX J05431530-3004420 • SGC 054120-3006.0 • GC 1251 • h 2921 • LDCE 0408 NED001 | |
NGC 2049 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation dove on southern sky . It is estimated to be 126 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 28, 1835 .