NGC 2208

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Galaxy
NGC 2208
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NGC 2208 [1]
NGC 2208
AladinLite
Constellation Carter
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 06 h 22 m 34.676 s
declination + 51 ° 54 ′ 34.09 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 110 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.019400 ± 0.000163  
Radial velocity 5816 ± 49 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(263 ± 19)  ·  10 6  ly
(80.5 ± 5.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date November 24, 1886
Catalog names
NGC  2208 • UGC  3452 • PGC  18911 • CGCG  260-007 • MCG  + 09-11-010 • 2MASX  J06223463 + 5154345 • GALEX ASC J062234.45 + 515434.8 • WISEA J062234.74 + 515434.1 • 2MIG 830

NGC 2208 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Fuhrmann north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 263 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on November 24, 1886 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2208
  4. ↑ Seligman