NGC 2150
| Galaxy NGC 2150 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 55 m 46.3 s |
| declination | -69 ° 33 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R_1) SAB (r) a / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014902 ± 0.000044 |
| Radial velocity | 4468 ± 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(191 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.5 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 9, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2150 • PGC 18097 • ESO 057-055 • IRAS 05562-6933 • 2MASX J05554635-6933392 • SGC 055612-6933.9 • GALEXASC J055546.29-693340.3 • LDCE 419 NED004 | |
NGC 2150 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Dorado in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 191 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 9, 1836 .