NGC 2205
| Galaxy NGC 2205 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | painter |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 10 m 32.7 s |
| declination | -62 ° 32 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) 0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027969 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 8385 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(365 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (112.0 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 9, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2205 • PGC 18551 • ESO 086-063 • 2MASX J06103272-6232184 • SGC 061008-6231.6 • GALEX ASC J061032.92-623220.1 | |
NGC 2205 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type I / SB0 in the constellation Pictor the southern sky . It is estimated to be 365 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 9, 1836 .