NGC 2206
| Galaxy NGC 2206 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big dog |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 0 h 15 m 59.8 s |
| declination | -26 ° 45 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020948 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 6280 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(272 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.5 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 20, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2206 • PGC 18736 • ESO 489-026 • MCG -04-15-019 • IRAS 06140-2644 • 2MASX J06155983-2645555 • SGC 061359-2644.8 • NVSS J061600-264557 • LDCE 438 NED003 | |
NGC 2206 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Great Dog south of the celestial equator . It is an estimated 272 million light years away from the Milky Way and is about 200,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 20, 1835 .