NGC 2199
| Galaxy NGC 2199 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Table Mountain |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 04 m 44.9 s |
| declination | -73 ° 23 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R_1R'_2) SAB (r) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 37 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015007 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4499 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(192 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.9 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 8, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2199 • PGC 18379 • ESO 034-003 • IRAS F06059-7323 • 2MASX J06044492-7323594 • SGC 60555-7323.7 • FAIRALL 247 | |
NGC 2199 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Table Mountain (Mensa) in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 192 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 8, 1836 .