NGC 2082
| Galaxy NGC 2082 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 41 m 51.1 s |
| declination | -64 ° 18 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs +) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 37 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003950 ± 0.000021 |
| Radial velocity | 1184 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(44 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.5 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | November 30, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2082 • PGC 17609 • ESO 086-021 • IRAS 05415-6419 • 2MASX J05415112-6418039 • SGC 054136-6419.4 • LDCE 0328 NED029 | |
NGC 2082 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Swordfish in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 44 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 30, 1834 and included in the New General Catalog .